linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: skbuff: remove special handling for SLOB

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Message-ID: <CANn89iKEqUFMNKb6axZpkLEJbhZB285-Vpiq_ybBB6LO9ny4SQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 9 May 2023 10:51:06 +0200
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: skbuff: remove special handling for SLOB

On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 9:12 AM Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Commit c9929f0e344a ("mm/slob: remove CONFIG_SLOB") removes CONFIG_SLOB.
> Now, we can also remove special handling for socket buffers with the SLOB
> allocator. The code with HAVE_SKB_SMALL_HEAD_CACHE=1 is now the default
> behavior for all allocators.
>
> Remove an unnecessary distinction between SLOB and SLAB/SLUB allocator
> after the SLOB allocator is gone.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>