From owner-freebsd-current Sat Feb 23 16:43:51 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67A9E37B404; Sat, 23 Feb 2002 16:43:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 27AF3AE2E0; Sat, 23 Feb 2002 16:43:47 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 16:43:47 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Matthew Dillon Cc: Bosko Milekic , Seigo Tanimura , current@FreeBSD.ORG, John Baldwin Subject: Re: malloc_bucket() idea (was Re: How to fix malloc.) Message-ID: <20020224004347.GN80761@elvis.mu.org> References: <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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200202240041.g1O0f8G86153@apollo.backplane.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Matthew Dillon [020223 16:41] wrote: > > : > :* Matthew Dillon [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.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message