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Date:      Sun, 24 Feb 2002 13:08:26 +1100 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.ORG>, Bosko Milekic <bmilekic@unixdaemons.com>, Seigo Tanimura <tanimura@r.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>, <current@FreeBSD.ORG>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: malloc_bucket() idea (was Re: How to fix malloc.)
Message-ID:  <20020224130010.W31250-100000@gamplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <200202240051.g1O0p3E16932@apollo.backplane.com>

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On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Matthew Dillon wrote:

> :It's too messy and unfinished (doesn't work right for SMP or irqs >= 16),
> :and dificult to untangle from my other patches.  I posted these partial
> :ones to attempt to inhibit() recomplication of the current critical*
> :functions in directions that I don't want to go :-).
>
>     Oh, ok.  Hmm.  Well, do you mind if I throw together an interrupt-set-cli-
>     in-return-frame patch set?  I think it would wind up being just as fast.

I don't see how that would work.  We need to call critical_enter() from
ordinary code, so there is no free frame pop.

Bruce


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