linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/12] mm, slub: add CONFIG_SLUB

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Message-ID: <Y37EDVJekrtaxSow@P9FQF9L96D.corp.robot.car>
Date:   Wed, 23 Nov 2022 17:08:29 -0800
From:   Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>
To:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc:     Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/12] mm, slub: add CONFIG_SLUB_TINY

On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 06:11:52PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> For tiny systems that have used SLOB until now, SLUB might be
> impractical due to its higher memory usage. To help with that, introduce
> an option CONFIG_SLUB_TINY that modifies SLUB to use less memory.
> This is done by sacrificing scalability, security and debugging
> features, therefore not recommended for any system with more than 16MB
> RAM.
> 
> This commit introduces the option and uses it to set other related
> options in a way that reduces memory usage.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>

Acked-by: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>

Thanks!