linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 2/4] mm/slub: allow to set node and align in k[v]realloc

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Message-ID: <5ceee3d7-6e9b-4a28-a170-195f1451211c@suse.cz>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 16:13:22 +0200
From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To: Vitaly Wool <vitaly.wool@...sulko.se>
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, Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>,
 Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>,
 Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
 "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 2/4] mm/slub: allow to set node and align in
 k[v]realloc

On 7/9/25 15:40, Vitaly Wool wrote:
>> 
>> I don’t think that krealloc_node() is used at all at the moment. I thought I’d define these to be symmetrical to vmalloc() but if you believe these are redundant, I’m all for removing them.
>> 
> Well, krealloc_noprof() appears to be used by nommu.c and it feels a bit weird to make nommu code deal with NUMA nodes. So unless you feel strongly about it, I would keep krealloc_noprof().

Oh well, let's keep it then.