linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: admin-guide: remove obsolete advice related to SLAB allocator

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Message-ID: <8734unk8zp.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:58:18 -0700
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Lukas Bulwahn
 <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc: kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: admin-guide: remove obsolete advice related to
 SLAB allocator

Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz> writes:

> On 11/30/23 10:55, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
>> Commit 1db9d06aaa55 ("mm/slab: remove CONFIG_SLAB from all Kconfig and
>
> Note that's a -next (from slab/for-next) commit which might still change at
> this point.
>
>> Makefile") removes the config SLAB and makes the SLUB allocator the only
>> default allocator in the kernel. Hence, the advice on reducing OS jitter
>> due to kworker kernel threads to build with CONFIG_SLUB instead of
>> CONFIG_SLAB is obsolete.
>> 
>> Remove the obsolete advice to build with SLUB instead of SLAB.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
>
> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
>
> But due to above, maybe it's best to wait after the removal goes through.

That has definitely happened, so I've applied this now.

Thanks,

jon