From owner-freebsd-arch Thu Feb 28 0:12: 0 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64EBA37B41A for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 00:11:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 43828AE2A2; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 00:11:58 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 00:11:58 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Julian Elischer Cc: Jeff Roberson , arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Slab allocator update Message-ID: <20020228081158.GG80761@elvis.mu.org> References: <20020227234433.Y59764-100000@mail.chesapeake.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Julian Elischer [020227 23:20] wrote: > > > On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Jeff Roberson wrote: > > > > > 1) Fix the last lock order reversal. > > 2) Fixup the statistics for uma and malloc. > > 3) Convince people to test it. > > 4) Commit. > > Please try integrate it in such a form that both new and old can be > compiled in with a config option. > (for a while) With the default for the _new_ one switched over two days after the initial commit so that Jeff doesn't get flooded with mail about it as he works out the first couple of panics. :) > if "yes", remove old system. > if "no" figure out why.. keep old system or rewrite.. Sounds appropriate. -- -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-arch" in the body of the message