linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/20] mm/slab: remove mm/slab.c and slab

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Message-ID: <7379e9e0-1143-6310-0b48-8e8228701011@suse.cz>
Date:   Mon, 13 Nov 2023 20:21:59 +0100
From:   Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:     David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        Mark Hemment <markhemm@...glemail.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>,
        Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@...il.com>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
        Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/20] mm/slab: remove mm/slab.c and slab_def.h


On 11/13/23 20:13, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> Remove the SLAB implementation. Update CREDITS (also sort the SLOB entry
> properly).
> 
> RIP SLAB allocator (1996 - 2024)
> 
> Cc: Mark Hemment <markhe@...td.demon.co.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> ---
>  CREDITS                  |   12 +-
>  include/linux/slab_def.h |  124 --
>  mm/slab.c                | 4026 --------------------------------------
>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4154 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 include/linux/slab_def.h
>  delete mode 100644 mm/slab.c
> 
> diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
> index f33a33fd2371..17597621202b 100644
> --- a/CREDITS
> +++ b/CREDITS
> @@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
>  			Linus
>  ----------
>  
> -N: Matt Mackal
> -E: mpm@...enic.com
> -D: SLOB slab allocator
> -
>  N: Matti Aarnio
>  E: mea@....funet.fi
>  D: Alpha systems hacking, IPv6 and other network related stuff
> @@ -1572,6 +1568,10 @@ S: Ampferstr. 50 / 4
>  S: 6020 Innsbruck
>  S: Austria
>  
> +N: Mark Hemment
> +E: markhe@...td.demon.co.uk
> +D: SLAB allocator implementation

Hm this address bounced, but I found markhemm@...glemail.com (now CC'd) on
lore from 2022, can I use it, Mark? Thanks!
Link to whole series:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231113191340.17482-22-vbabka@suse.cz/T/#t

> +
>  N: Richard Henderson
>  E: rth@...ddle.net
>  E: rth@...nus.com
> @@ -2437,6 +2437,10 @@ D: work on suspend-to-ram/disk, killing duplicates from ioctl32,
>  D: Altera SoCFPGA and Nokia N900 support.
>  S: Czech Republic
>  
> +N: Matt Mackal
> +E: mpm@...enic.com
> +D: SLOB slab allocator
> +
>  N: Paul Mackerras
>  E: paulus@...ba.org