Hi,
On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 17:52:00 -0700 (PDT)
Christoph Lameter <[email protected]> wrote:
> struct page overloading:
>
> - _mapcout => Used to count the objects in use in a slab
> - mapping => Reference to the slab structure
> - index => Pointer to the first free element in a slab
> - lru => Used for list management.
>
it seems it's time that the page struct should have more unions ;)
> There is no freelist for slabs. slabs are immediately returned to the page
> allocator. The page allocator has its own per cpu page queues that should provide
> enough caching.
>
I think that the advantage of Slab allocator is
- object is already initizalized at setup, so you don't have to initialize it again at
allocation.
- object is initialized only once when slab is created.
If a slab page is returned to page allocator ASAP, # of object initilization may
increase.
-Kame
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