linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 3/4] slub: Convert SLAB_DEBUG_FREE to SLAB_CONSISTENCY

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1602161031540.4158@east.gentwo.org>
Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 10:32:19 -0600 (CST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	Laura Abbott <labbott@...oraproject.org>
cc:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 3/4] slub: Convert SLAB_DEBUG_FREE to
 SLAB_CONSISTENCY_CHECKS

On Mon, 15 Feb 2016, Laura Abbott wrote:

> SLAB_DEBUG_FREE allows expensive consistency checks at free
> to be turned on or off. Expand its use to be able to turn
> off all consistency checks. This gives a nice speed up if
> you only want features such as poisoning or tracing.

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