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

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Message-ID: <202311132032.1BB9A17@keescook>
Date:   Mon, 13 Nov 2023 20:34:31 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc:     David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>,
        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>,
        kasan-dev@...glegroups.com, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        Mark Hemment <markhe@...td.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/20] mm/slab: remove mm/slab.c and slab_def.h

On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 08:13:49PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> Remove the SLAB implementation. Update CREDITS (also sort the SLOB entry
> properly).
> 
> RIP SLAB allocator (1996 - 2024)

/me does math on -rc schedule... Yeah, okay, next merge window likely
opens Jan 1st. So, this will land in 2024. :)

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook