linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] slab: switch away from the legacy param parser

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Message-ID: <2236fdb6-4616-4b9f-82c9-eba3ce5d371f@suse.cz>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:06:21 +0100
From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To: Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@...e.com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Christoph Lameter
 <cl@...two.org>, David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
 Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>, Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@...cle.com>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] slab: switch away from the legacy param parser

On 10/24/25 19:06, Petr Tesarik wrote:
> The handling of legacy __setup() parameters has some confusing quirks.
> Instead of fixing them, convert the code to struct kerenel_param, which
> is a saner API.
> 
> Note that parameters defined with core_param() and __core_param_cb() are
> parsed early in start_kernel(). Do not confuse them with core_param_cb(),
> which are processed at a later stage.

Thanks! Added to slab/for-next

> Petr Tesarik (3):
>   slab: constify slab debug strings
>   slab: convert setup_slub_debug() to use __core_param_cb()
>   slab: use core_param for remaining command line parameters
> 
>  mm/slub.c | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
>  1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
>