cvs commit: src/sys/conf files.ia64 src/sys/ia64/ia64 pmap.cuma_machdep.c

[Marcel Moolenaar]

On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 02:51:06PM -0500, Alan L. Cox wrote:
> >   Added files:
> >     sys/ia64/ia64        uma_machdep.c
> >   Log:
> >   Move uma_small_alloc() and uma_small_free() to uma_machdep.c. These
> >   functions reference UMA internals from <vm/uma_int.h>, which makes
> >   them highly unwanted in non-UMA specific files.
*snip*

> An observation ... we now have three different locations, on four
> different architectures, for these functions.  I definitely agree that
> pmap.c is the wrong place because these functions have nothing to do
> with page table and/or TLB management.  Long ago, I encouraged Jake to
> start a trend for the better by placing the sparc64 implementations in
> vm_machdep.c.  Whether it's uma_machdep.c or vm_machdep.c doesn't matter
> much to me, only that we arrive at a consensus on which it is.  I would
> observe the similarities to the new, optimized amd64 and ia64
> sf_buf_alloc() implementations as an argument for vm_machdep.c.

I originally placed them in vm_machdep.c, but noticed I had to pull
in more headers, including <vm/uma_int.h>. At that time I opted for
uma_machdep.c. If you think vm_machdep.c is good enough then let's
move them there. Make the call. I'll follow suit.

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 Marcel Moolenaar	  USPA: A-39004		 marcel at xcllnt.net