linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] Documentation: kernel-parameters: remove noaliencache

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Date:   Mon, 11 Dec 2023 09:47:40 -0800
From:   Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>
To:     <sxwjean@...com>, <vbabka@...e.cz>, <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>,
        <cl@...ux.com>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>
CC:     <penberg@...nel.org>, <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>, <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
        <corbet@....net>, <keescook@...omium.org>, <arnd@...db.de>,
        <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Xiongwei Song <xiongwei.song@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] Documentation: kernel-parameters: remove
 noaliencache

On 12/9/2023 5:52 AM, sxwjean@...com wrote:
> From: Xiongwei Song <xiongwei.song@...driver.com>
> 
> ince slab allocator has already been removed. There is no users of

s/ince/Since/

> the noaliencachei parameter, so let's remove it.

s/noaliencachei/noaliencache/

> 
> Suggested-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> Signed-off-by: Xiongwei Song <xiongwei.song@...driver.com>
> ---
> v5: Collect Reviewed-by tag.
> v4: Collect Reviewed-by tag.
> v3: Remove the changes for slab_max_order.
> v2: Add changes for removing "noaliencache".
>     https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20231122143603.85297-1-sxwjean@me.com/
> v1: Remove slab_max_order.
>     https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20231120091214.150502-2-sxwjean@me.com/
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 65731b060e3f..9f94baeb2f82 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -3740,10 +3740,6 @@
>  	no5lvl		[X86-64,RISCV] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
>  			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
>  
> -	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
> -			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
> -			but will impact performance.
> -
>  	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
>  
>  	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching