Re: slab: Remove SLAB_NO_REAP option

[Pekka Enberg]

Hi,

On 2/23/06, Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> SLAB_NO_REAP is documented as an option that will cause this slab
> not to be reaped under memory pressure. However, that is not what
> happens. The only thing that SLAB_NO_REAP controls at the moment
> is the reclaim of the unused slab elements that were allocated in
> batch in cache_reap(). Cache_reap() is run every few seconds
> independently of memory pressure.
>
> Could we remove the whole thing? Its only used by three slabs
> anyways and I cannot find a reason for having this option.

Looks good, and I have been meaning to do this myself as well.

Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

P.S. Please use penberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, not the gmail one. Thanks.

                               Pekka
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