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SubjectRe: zsmalloc zbud hybrid design discussion?

On 03/28/2013 04:04 AM, Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> Seth and all zproject folks --
>
> I've been giving some deep thought as to how a zpage
> allocator might be designed that would incorporate the
> best of both zsmalloc and zbud.
>
> Rather than dive into coding, it occurs to me that the
> best chance of success would be if all interested parties
> could first discuss (on-list) and converge on a design
> that we can all agree on. If we achieve that, I don't
> care who writes the code and/or gets the credit or
> chooses the name. If we can't achieve consensus, at
> least it will be much clearer where our differences lie.
>
> Any thoughts?

Can't agree more!
Hoping we would agree on a design dealing well with
density/fragmentation/pageframe-reclaim and better integration with MM.
And then working together to implement it.

--
Regards,
-Bob


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