Re: namecache status, slab allocator status

[Hiten Pandya <hmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Leimbach wrote:
> Matt or others,
> regarding below.  Do you or anyone else know where I can find
> documentation on what makes a slab allocator different from others?
>
> I don't want to bother you with questions about it as I know you are
> fully capable of giving very nice, detailed answers complete with
> ASCII diagrams :).

	Sure, read Bonwick's papers, here are some links:

	[1] - Bonwick94,
	      http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/bonwick94slab.html
	      This paper talks about the design of the Slab Allocator
	      etc.

	[2] - Bonwick2001,
	      http://www.usenix.org/event/usenix01/bonwick.html
	      This is a like a followup paper to the above which
	      talks about extending the Slab Allocator with PCPU
	      goodies and the success story of the Slab Allocator.

	If you want to see a complete implementation of Bonwick's
	slab allocator, I suggest you checkout the Linux Kernel's
        linux/mm/slab.c file.

	Hope that helps...

	Regards,

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Hiten Pandya
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