Subj : [$] Improving the per-CPU memory allocator
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From : LWN.net
Date : Wed May 20 2026 06:40:09

There are many places in the kernel where performance can be improved by
using per-CPU data.  But, as it turns out, the kernel's allocator for
per-CPU data has some performance problems of its own.  Harry Yoo led a
session in the memory-management track of the 2026 Linux Storage,
Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit to explore ways to
address those problems and accelerate the allocation and initialization of
per-CPU data.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1072840/
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