Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 11:16:29 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: phk@phk.freebsd.dk Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, Jake Burkholder <jake@locore.ca>, Jeff Roberson <jroberson@chesapeake.net>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New kernel allocation API Message-ID: <20030209191629.88B942A8B4@canning.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <25686.1044779463@critter.freebsd.dk>
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phk@phk.freebsd.dk wrote: > In message <20030209075706.GO88781@elvis.mu.org>, Alfred Perlstein writes: > > >I may see if I can convert some paths in the kernel to use zones. :) > > I have a number of places where zones can be used instead of malloc, > but since none of the places I have tried previously have resulted > in measurable performance differences it has not been high on my > agenda. I'd be interested to know what it did to KVA usage on i386. I would expect to find a more efficient KVA utilization (and memory utilization) due to better packing of objects instead of the power-of-two roundup that malloc does. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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