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Subject: Re: panic in uma_startup for many-core amd64 system
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on 01/11/2010 19:09 Giovanni Trematerra said the following:
> Here the patch that was in my mind.
> The patch doesn't implement dynamic slab size just allow
> to have a multipage slab to back uma_zone objects.
> I'm going to work more on the topic "dynamic slab size" soon.
> I tested the patch on qemu with -smp 32.
> I'm looking for real hw to test the patch on.

Having only skimmed the patch I have a question - is this only used for internal
zones?  "Application" zones with large items still use off-page slabs?

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Andriy Gapon