linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] SLAB changes for v3.9-rc1

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Date:	Wed, 6 Mar 2013 16:38:33 +0000
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] SLAB changes for v3.9-rc1

On Tue, 5 Mar 2013, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:35 AM, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > It contains more of Christoph's SLAB unification work that reduce the
> > differences between different slab allocators. The code has been sitting
> > in linux-next without problems.
> >
> > If you feel this is inappropriate for -rc2, just skip the pull and I'll
> > requeue it for 3.10.
>
> Ugh. It only came a day late, and if you had pushed a bit harder, I'd
> have pulled it. But when you put it that way, I really cannot see any
> valid reason why it cannot wait, and so I think I'll just expect it
> for the next release.
>
> If you change your mind and realize that it fixes some major bug and
> really needs to be pulled after all, holler.

Well this stuff was already ready for 3.8 and missed that merge period as
well. There are a couple of bug fixes included as well. It is the basis
for more common code between allocators. Most of it is renaming things so
that fields have a common name which enables more code sharing.


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