Re: + mm-slab-shorten-kmalloc-cache-names-for-large-sizes.patch added to -mm tree

From: Alexey Dobriyan
Date: Fri Sep 07 2018 - 15:58:24 EST


On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 03:48:49PM -0700, akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> - {"kmalloc-1024", 1024}, {"kmalloc-2048", 2048},
> - {"kmalloc-4096", 4096}, {"kmalloc-8192", 8192},
> - {"kmalloc-16384", 16384}, {"kmalloc-32768", 32768},
> - {"kmalloc-65536", 65536}, {"kmalloc-131072", 131072},
> - {"kmalloc-262144", 262144}, {"kmalloc-524288", 524288},
> - {"kmalloc-1048576", 1048576}, {"kmalloc-2097152", 2097152},
> - {"kmalloc-4194304", 4194304}, {"kmalloc-8388608", 8388608},
> - {"kmalloc-16777216", 16777216}, {"kmalloc-33554432", 33554432},
> - {"kmalloc-67108864", 67108864}
> + {"kmalloc-1k", 1024}, {"kmalloc-2k", 2048},
> + {"kmalloc-4k", 4096}, {"kmalloc-8k", 8192},
> + {"kmalloc-16k", 16384}, {"kmalloc-32k", 32768},
> + {"kmalloc-64k", 65536}, {"kmalloc-128k", 131072},
> + {"kmalloc-256k", 262144}, {"kmalloc-512k", 524288},
> + {"kmalloc-1M", 1048576}, {"kmalloc-2M", 2097152},
> + {"kmalloc-4M", 4194304}, {"kmalloc-8M", 8388608},
> + {"kmalloc-16M", 16777216}, {"kmalloc-32M", 33554432},
> + {"kmalloc-64M", 67108864}

I'd rather use KB and MB suffixes or at least capital 'K'.