linux-kernel - Re: SLUB: purpose of sysfs events on cache creation/removal

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Date:   Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:26:11 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Christopher Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: SLUB: purpose of sysfs events on cache creation/removal

On Wed, 27 Nov 2019, Michal Hocko wrote:

> Would you mind a patch that would add a kernel command line parameter
> that would work like memcg_sysfs_enabled? The default for the config
> would be on. Or it would be preferrable to simply drop only events?

Just drop the events may be best. Then we know if someone is using it.