RE: [PATCH 00/05] robust per_cpu allocation for modules

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Steven Rostedt wrote on Friday, April 14, 2006 2:19 PM
> So the current solution has two flaws:
> 1. not robust. If we someday add more modules that together take up
>    more than 14K, we need to manually update the PERCPU_ENOUGH_ROOM.
> 2. waste of memory.  We have 14K of memory wasted per CPU. Remember
>    a 64 processor machine would be wasting 896K of memory!

If someone who has the money to own a 64-process machine, 896K of memory
is pocket change ;-)

- Ken
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