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Date:      Sat, 23 Feb 2002 16:43:47 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Cc:        Bosko Milekic <bmilekic@unixdaemons.com>, Seigo Tanimura <tanimura@r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: malloc_bucket() idea (was Re: How to fix malloc.)
Message-ID:  <20020224004347.GN80761@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <200202240041.g1O0f8G86153@apollo.backplane.com>
References:  <XFMail.020114020307.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <200201241022.g0OAMISM093913@faber.r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp> <20020124024534.V13686@elvis.mu.org> <200202131739.g1DHdZT5023794@rina.r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp> <200202190945.g1J9j9kg076110@rina.r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp> <200202232051.g1NKpE741310@apollo.backplane.com> <20020223211449.GJ80761@elvis.mu.org> <200202232243.g1NMhZP49110@apollo.backplane.com> <20020224003739.GL80761@elvis.mu.org> <200202240041.g1O0f8G86153@apollo.backplane.com>

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* Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> [020223 16:41] wrote:
> 
> :
> :* Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> [020223 14:43] wrote:
> :>     This is approximately what I am thinking.  Note that this gives us the
> :>     flexibility to create a larger infrastructure around the bucket cache,
> :>     such as implement per-cpu caches and so on and so forth.  What I have
> :>     here is the minimal implementation.
> :
> :I strongly object to this implementation right now, please do not
> :commit it.  I already explained to you how to make the problem
> :go away but instead you insist on some complex api that pins
> :memory down like the damn zone allocator.  It's not needed, so
> :please don't do it.
> :
> :-Alfred
> 
>     Woa!  Timeout!  I'm not planning on comitting any sort of malloc thingy.
>     That was a 10 second thought experiment.

Usually when I see diff(1) output from you I usually expect a commit
within the next half hour or so, I just wanted to make myself clear
on the issue.  No worries. :)

Yes, and hopefully JeffR's allocator will fix our problems, that
is if it ever makes it out of p4. :)

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
 start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
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