Re: [PATCH 6/6] zsmalloc: make zsmalloc portable

From: Minchan Kim
Date: Wed Apr 25 2012 - 22:04:14 EST


On 04/26/2012 01:37 AM, Seth Jennings wrote:

> Hey Minchan,
>
> Thanks for the patches!
>
> On 04/25/2012 09:32 AM, Nitin Gupta wrote:
>> I think Seth was working on this improvement but not sure about the
>> current status. Seth?
>
> Yes, I looked at this option, and it is very clean and portable.
>
> Unfortunately, IIRC, with our rate of mapping/unmapping,
> flush_tlb_kernel_range() causes an IPI storm that effective
> stalls the machine.
>
> I'll apply your patch and try it out.


Seth, Thanks!

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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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