Re: [PATCH] SLUB use cmpxchg_local

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:

> Are you running a UP or SMP kernel ? If you run a UP kernel, the
> cmpxchg_local and cmpxchg are identical.

UP.

> Oh, and if you run your tests at boot time, the alternatives code may
> have removed the lock prefix, therefore making cmpxchg and cmpxchg_local
> exactly the same.

Tests were run at boot time.

That still does not explain kmalloc not showing improvements.

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