Re: namecache status, slab allocator status

[David Leimbach <leimy2k@xxxxxxx>]

Matt or others,
regarding below.  Do you or anyone else know where I can find
documentation on what makes a slab allocator different from others?

I don't want to bother you with questions about it as I know you are
fully capable of giving very nice, detailed answers complete with
ASCII diagrams :).

Thanks

Dave
On Sep 24, 2003, at 1:21 AM, Matthew Dillon wrote:

>     I'm finally making some progress on the namecache.  After a second
>     attempt at trying to do all the work in a single stage failed I 
> finally
>     hit upon a methodology that will allow me to break the work up into
>     three more stages.
>
>     --
>
>     I am going to be making the slab allocator the default at the end
>     of this week, and hopefully remove the old allocator at the end of
>     next week.  There are currently two open issues regarding the
>     allocator: a blocking lock obtained during a fast int which can
>     lockup the system, and a reported crash during booting which has
>     not yet been tracked down.
>
> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon
> 					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>