linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 21/22] mm/slub: remove DEACTIVATE_TO

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Message-ID: <aXsKZStTX9oGHVyf@hyeyoo>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:21:09 +0900
From: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@...cle.com>
To: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Cc: Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@...e.com>, Christoph Lameter <cl@...two.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@...ux.dev>, Hao Li <hao.li@...ux.dev>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>,
        "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-rt-devel@...ts.linux.dev,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 21/22] mm/slub: remove DEACTIVATE_TO_* stat items

On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 07:52:59AM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> The cpu slabs and their deactivations were removed, so remove the unused
> stat items. Weirdly enough the values were also used to control
> __add_partial() adding to head or tail of the list, so replace that with
> a new enum add_mode, which is cleaner.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Hao Li <hao.li@...ux.dev>
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> ---

Looks good to me,
Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@...cle.com>

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Cheers,
Harry / Hyeonggon