linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 09/21] mm/slab: remove mm/slab.c and slab

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Message-ID: <15e22e38-6eee-3a55-df27-51b7bc0c5976@suse.cz>
Date:   Wed, 6 Dec 2023 10:37:05 +0100
From:   Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:     Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>
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>,
        Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.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>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/21] mm/slab: remove mm/slab.c and slab_def.h

On 12/6/23 10:31, Hyeonggon Yoo wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 07:34:20PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
>> Remove the SLAB implementation. Update CREDITS.
>> Also update and properly sort the SLOB entry there.
>> 
>> RIP SLAB allocator (1996 - 2024)
>> 
>> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
>> ---
>>  CREDITS                  |   12 +-
>>  include/linux/slab_def.h |  124 --
>>  mm/slab.c                | 4005 ----------------------------------------------
>>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4133 deletions(-)
> 
> Acked-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>
> 
>> diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
>> index f33a33fd2371..943a73e96149 100644
>> --- a/CREDITS
>> +++ b/CREDITS
>> @@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
>>  			Linus
>>  ----------
>>  
>> -N: Matt Mackal
>> -E: mpm@...enic.com
>> -D: SLOB slab allocator
> 
> by the way I just realized that commit 16e943bf8db
> ("MAINTAINERS: SLAB maintainer update") incorrectly put her lastname
> (Mackall is correct), maybe update that too?

Right, thanks a lot for noticing, will fix.