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Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 22:32:53 -0200 (BRST)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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To: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de>
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Subject: Re: mempool design
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On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 06:21:53PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> >
> > > This whole long thread can be resumed in two points:
> > >
> > > 1	mempool reserved memory is "wasted" i.e. not usable as cache
> >
> > reservations, as in Ben's published (i know, incomplete) implementation,
> > are 'wasted' as well.
>
> yes, I was referring only about his long term design arguments.

Long term design arguments don't have to make the short-term
implementation any more complex. I guess you presented a nice
argument to go with the more flexible solution.

cheers,

Rik
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