On Fri, 14 Feb 2014, Joonsoo Kim wrote: > Currently, we use array_cache for alien_cache. Although they are mostly > similar, there is one difference, that is, need for spinlock. > We don't need spinlock for array_cache itself, but to use array_cache for > alien_cache, array_cache structure should have spinlock. This is needless > overhead, so removing it would be better. This patch prepare it by > introducing alien_cache and using it. In the following patch, > we remove spinlock in array_cache.
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