linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] slab_common: remove test if cache name is accessible

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Date:   Fri, 23 Mar 2018 10:52:48 -0500 (CDT)
From:   Christopher Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:     Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>
cc:     Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] slab_common: remove test if cache name is accessible

On Fri, 23 Mar 2018, Mikulas Patocka wrote:

> Since the commit db265eca7700 ("mm/sl[aou]b: Move duping of slab name to
> slab_common.c"), the kernel always duplicates the slab cache name when
> creating a slab cache, so the test if the slab name is accessible is
> useless.

Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>