Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 12:16:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: arch@freebsd.org Subject: slab allocator performance? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0210091212360.14413-100000@root.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: >>On 09-Oct-2002 Julian Elischer wrote: >> there is a thread_allocator that allocates threads on demand. >> >> Actually the process ahs a couple of spare threads "Up its sleave" >> so it doesn't have to go to teh thread allocator every time.. > >Which kind of defeats the point of letting the slab allocator manage >memory from a larger whole-view perspective. :-P I've written a driver that used to use a private struct pool. It mallocs/frees about 120 bytes per 32KB transaction. I'm curious how others are using the allocator and what kind of performance/usage it is best at. -Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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