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

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Date:	Wed, 6 Mar 2013 22:40:52 +0200
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
To:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.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

Hi Christoph,

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com> wrote:
> 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.

It was me who missed the merge window - sorry about that. But is there
really any real need to push this through at such late stage? People
will work on "slab/next" branch anyway so what's the rush?

We had quite a lot of changes due to slab memcg and I'd rather keep
things calm for this release cycle. It usually takes a few cycles for
people to start noticing problems and it doesn't really help if
there's code churn going on all the time.

                        Pekka
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