On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 5:39 PM Ilya Leoshkevich wrote:
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> x86's alloc_node_data() rounds up node data size to PAGE_SIZE. It's not
> explained why it's needed, but it's most likely for performance
> reasons, since the padding bytes are not used anywhere. Some other
> architectures do it as well,
x86's alloc_node_data() rounds up node data size to PAGE_SIZE. It's not
explained why it's needed, but it's most likely for performance
reasons, since the padding bytes are not used anywhere. Some other
architectures do it as well, e.g., mips rounds it up to the cache line
size.
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