Re: struct thread allocation

["Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nicolas Thery wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Instances of struct thread are allocated using a custom object caching
> mechanism (per-cpu list of free structures (gd_tdffreeq) backed up by
> zone).
>
> Why doing so instead of using the objcache or kmalloc?  Was the lwkt
> s/system implemented before objcache?

yes, it predates the objcache.

cheers
  simon

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