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| author | Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> | 2008-02-04 22:29:37 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2008-02-05 09:44:19 -0800 |
| commit | 20cecbae44528d347c46e71f40650b75e0dcbc8e (patch) | |
| tree | fae7206c9aff698b76c5c6aab796539d047947bc /mm/page_io.c | |
| parent | 679299b32dbf9bac4bdaedc850fb95d0f81b4963 (diff) | |
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slob: reduce external fragmentation by using three free lists
By putting smaller objects on their own list, we greatly reduce overall
external fragmentation and increase repeatability. This reduces total SLOB
overhead from > 50% to ~6% on a simple boot test.
Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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