linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 2/4] mm/slub: allow to set node and align in k[v]realloc

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Message-Id: <5B3F6032-1971-439F-8A4B-344B6136A4A2@konsulko.se>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 11:45:33 +0200
From: Vitaly Wool <vitaly.wool@...sulko.se>
To: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@...il.com>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org,
 akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>,
 Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>,
 Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>,
 rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 2/4] mm/slub: allow to set node and align in
 k[v]realloc



> On Jul 1, 2025, at 1:41 AM, Tamir Duberstein <tamird@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM Vitaly Wool <vitaly.wool@...sulko.se> wrote:
>> 
>> Reimplement k[v]realloc_node() to be able to set node and
>> alignment should a user need to do so. In order to do that while
>> retaining the maximal backward compatibility, add
>> k[v]realloc_node_align() functions and redefine the rest of API
>> using these new ones.
>> 
>> With that change we also provide the ability for the Rust part of
>> the kernel to set node and aligmnent in its K[v]xxx
>> [re]allocations.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Wool <vitaly.wool@...sulko.se>
> 
> The typo (slub) snuck back in.

Bummer. ;)

Thanks for pointing that out. I’ll fix it in the anniversary patchset, hopefully this will be the only thing to fix.

~Vitaly