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Date:	Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:18:19 +0000
From:	Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>
To:	trivial@...nel.org
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Kconfig: SLUB is the default slab allocator

In 2007, a0acd820807680d2ccc4ef3448387fcdbf152c73 changed the default 
slab allocator to SLUB, but the SLAB help text still says SLAB is the 
default. This change fixes that.

Signed-off-by: Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>
---
 init/Kconfig |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 86b00c5..226da27 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -771,8 +771,7 @@ config SLAB
 	help
 	  The regular slab allocator that is established and known to work
 	  well in all environments. It organizes cache hot objects in
-	  per cpu and per node queues. SLAB is the default choice for
-	  a slab allocator.
+	  per cpu and per node queues.
 
 config SLUB
 	bool "SLUB (Unqueued Allocator)"
@@ -781,7 +780,8 @@ config SLUB
 	   instead of managing queues of cached objects (SLAB approach).
 	   Per cpu caching is realized using slabs of objects instead
 	   of queues of objects. SLUB can use memory efficiently
-	   and has enhanced diagnostics.
+	   and has enhanced diagnostics. SLUB is the default choice for
+	   a slab allocator.
 
 config SLOB
 	depends on EMBEDDED
-- 
1.6.0.3

-- 
Simon Arlott
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