linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] slab updates for 6.9

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Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:54:36 -0700
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>, Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>, 
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>, 
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>, 
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, patches@...ts.linux.dev, 
	Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>, Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>, 
	Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>, Xiongwei Song <xiongwei.song@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] slab updates for 6.9

On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 at 02:55, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz> wrote:
>
>       Also deprecate SLAB_MEM_SPREAD which was only
>   used by SLAB, so it's a no-op since SLAB removal. Assign it an explicit zero
>   value.  The removals of the flag usage are handled independently in the
>   respective subsystems, with a final removal of any leftover usage planned
>   for the next release.

I already had the patch ready to go:

    https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wji0u+OOtmAOD-5JV3SXcRJF___k_+8XNKmak0yd5vW1Q@mail.gmail.com/

so I just did a "git stash apply" and got rid of the final stragglers.
No need to have various random maintainers have to worry about a flag
that hasn't had any meaning since 6.7, and very little before that
either.

              Linus