linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 16/16] mm/slab: introduce new slab management type, OBJFREELIST

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1601271154310.14468@east.gentwo.org>
Date:	Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:55:27 -0600 (CST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
cc:	Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/16] mm/slab: introduce new slab management type,
 OBJFREELIST_SLAB

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016, Vlastimil Babka wrote:

> OK. Perhaps a LSF/MM topic then to discuss whether we need both? What are the
> remaining cases where SLAB is better choice, and can there be something done
> about them in SLUB?

Right now one is driving the other which is good I think. So you may just
ignore my cynical comment.