Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] use tlsf for xmalloc engine

[Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 15/10/08 22:03, "Dan Magenheimer" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patch replaces the Xen xmalloc engine with tlsf, an allocation
> engine that is both more space efficient and time-bounded, especially
> for allocation sizes between PAGE_SIZE/2 and PAGE_SIZE.
> 
> The file xmalloc.c is deprecated but not yet deleted.  A simple
> switch of a comment line in common/Makefile will change back
> to the legacy xmalloc/xfree if needed for testing.

Fixed for style, fixed to satisfy requested alignment parameter to
xmalloc(), and fixed for multi-page allocations to include the
BHDR_OVERHEAD. Checked in as c/s 18638.

 -- Keir



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