[$] Improving the per-CPU memory allocator
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May 19, 2026
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.
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