linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: slab: output reclaimable flag in /proc/slabinfo

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1709141227010.529@nuc-kabylake>
Date:   Thu, 14 Sep 2017 12:27:53 -0500 (CDT)
From:   Christopher Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:     Yang Shi <yang.s@...baba-inc.com>
cc:     penberg@...nel.org, rientjes@...gle.com, iamjoonsoo.kim@....com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm: slab: output reclaimable flag in
 /proc/slabinfo

Well /proc/slabinfo is a legacy interface. The infomation if a slab is
reclaimable is available via the slabinfo tool. We would break a format
that is relied upon by numerous tools.