linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache

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Message-ID: <20070721234227.GA8303@linux-sh.org>
Date:	Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:42:27 +0900
From:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
To:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create().

On Sat, Jul 21, 2007 at 04:28:52PM -0500, Matt Mackall wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 10:28:46AM +0900, Paul Mundt wrote:
> > Slab destructors were no longer supported after Christoph's
> > c59def9f222d44bb7e2f0a559f2906191a0862d7 change. They've been
> > BUGs for both slab and slub, and slob never supported them
> > either.
> 
> SLOB of course did support destructors, otherwise it wouldn't have
> worked.
> 
Ah, I just noticed that there was no reference to the dtor in SLOB at all
apart from the kmem_cache_create() op. It looks like they were called
back in to and removed by an earlier patch, so the 'never' statement is
disinformation on my part. Sorry for the confusion!
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