linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 3/3] mm: slub: Default slub_max

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Date:	Thu, 12 May 2011 11:00:23 -0500
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
Cc:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
	Raghavendra D Prabhu <raghu.prabhu13@...il.com>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] mm: slub: Default slub_max_order to 0

On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 11:46 -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:43:13AM -0500, James Bottomley wrote:
> 
>  > As I said above, no released fedora version uses SLUB.  It's only just
>  > been enabled for the unreleased FC15; I'm testing a beta copy.
> 
> James, this isn't true.
> 
> $ grep SLUB /boot/config-2.6.35.12-88.fc14.x86_64 
> CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y
> CONFIG_SLUB=y
> 
> (That's the oldest release I have right now, but it's been enabled even
> before that release).

OK, I concede the point ... I haven't actually kept any of my FC
machines current for a while.

However, the fact remains that this seems to be a slub problem and it
needs fixing.

James


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