linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ubifs: remove SLAB_MEM

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Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2024 21:36:39 +0100 (CET)
From: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To: chengming zhou <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>
Cc: linux-mtd <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>, 
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>, vbabka@...e.cz, 
	roman gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>, 
	Xiongwei Song <Xiongwei.Song@...driver.com>, 
	Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@...edance.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ubifs: remove SLAB_MEM_SPREAD flag usage

----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
> Von: "chengming zhou" <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>
> An: "richard" <richard@....at>
> CC: "linux-mtd" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>, "linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-mm"
> <linux-mm@...ck.org>, vbabka@...e.cz, "roman gushchin" <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>, "Xiongwei Song"
> <Xiongwei.Song@...driver.com>, "chengming zhou" <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>, "Chengming Zhou"
> <zhouchengming@...edance.com>
> Gesendet: Samstag, 24. Februar 2024 14:52:17
> Betreff: [PATCH] ubifs: remove SLAB_MEM_SPREAD flag usage

> From: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@...edance.com>
> 
> The SLAB_MEM_SPREAD flag is already a no-op as of 6.8-rc1, remove
> its usage so we can delete it from slab. No functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@...edance.com>

Applied.
Next time please add a reference that makes very clear why such a flag
is no longer needed.
It took me a few minutes to figure why SLAB_MEM_SPREAD is
now a no-op.

Thanks,
//richard