Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 00:53:17 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: phk@phk.freebsd.dk Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, Jake Burkholder <jake@locore.ca>, Jeff Roberson <jroberson@chesapeake.net>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New kernel allocation API Message-ID: <20030209085317.GP88781@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <25686.1044779463@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20030209075706.GO88781@elvis.mu.org> <25686.1044779463@critter.freebsd.dk>
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* phk@phk.freebsd.dk <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> [030209 00:31] wrote: > In message <20030209075706.GO88781@elvis.mu.org>, Alfred Perlstein writes: > > >I may see if I can convert some paths in the kernel to use zones. :) > > I have a number of places where zones can be used instead of malloc, > but since none of the places I have tried previously have resulted > in measurable performance differences it has not been high on my > agenda. Well, once converted to zones they could also be modded to take advantage of the init/fini processing which _should_ make things faster. Also don't forget even if you don't see a perf improvement you'll see siginifigant space savings if your size is not a power of two or multiple of page size. -- -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.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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