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Re: [PATCH 0/12] remove sk_protinfo series

To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/12] remove sk_protinfo series
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:24:28 -0800
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 01:18:47 -0200
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>       This series addresses Christoph and Jean concerns about the overhead
> caused by private slab caches in every family, by making sk_alloc use kmalloc
> if no slab cache is used, and as a transitional mechanism the zero_it
> semantic is maintained, that is, if slab is NULL and zero_it is 1, use the
> generic "slab" (sk_cachep) cache.

I think we'll need to defer this to 2.6.12

When I setup my 2.6.12 net pending queue tomorrow I'll pull from
your tree.  I'll probably set this up tomorrow and it will be at:

        bk://kernel.bkbits.net/davem/net-2.6.12

I'll announce it.

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