Re: [lkp-robot] [x86/kconfig] 81d3871900: BUG:unable_to_handle_kernel

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 8:48 PM, Andrew Morton
<akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 10:54:57 -0700 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Christopher Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Wed, 11 Oct 2017, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
>> >
>> >> I failed to add the slab maintainers to CC on the last attempt.  Trying
>> >> again.
>> >
>> > Hmmm... Yea. SLOB is rarely used and tested. Good illustration of a simple
>> > allocator and the K&R mechanism that was used in the early kernels.
>>
>> Should we finally just get rid of SLOB?
>>
>> I'm not happy about the whole "three different allocators" crap. It's
>> been there for much too long, and I've tried to cut it down before.
>> People always protest, but three different allocators, one of which
>> gets basically no testing, is not good.
>
> I am not aware of anyone using slob.  We could disable it in Kconfig
> for a year, see what the feedback looks like.

$ git grep CONFIG_SLOB=y
arch/arm/configs/clps711x_defconfig:CONFIG_SLOB=y
arch/arm/configs/collie_defconfig:CONFIG_SLOB=y
arch/arm/configs/multi_v4t_defconfig:CONFIG_SLOB=y
arch/arm/configs/omap1_defconfig:CONFIG_SLOB=y
arch/arm/configs/pxa_defconfig:CONFIG_SLOB=y
arch/arm/configs/tct_hammer_defconfig:CONFIG_SLOB=y
arch/arm/configs/xcep_defconfig:CONFIG_SLOB=y
arch/blackfin/configs/DNP5370_defconfig:CONFIG_SLOB=y
arch/h8300/configs/edosk2674_defconfig:CONFIG_SLOB=y
arch/h8300/configs/h8300h-sim_defconfig:CONFIG_SLOB=y
arch/h8300/configs/h8s-sim_defconfig:CONFIG_SLOB=y
arch/openrisc/configs/or1ksim_defconfig:CONFIG_SLOB=y
arch/sh/configs/rsk7201_defconfig:CONFIG_SLOB=y
arch/sh/configs/rsk7203_defconfig:CONFIG_SLOB=y
arch/sh/configs/se7206_defconfig:CONFIG_SLOB=y
arch/sh/configs/shmin_defconfig:CONFIG_SLOB=y
arch/sh/configs/shx3_defconfig:CONFIG_SLOB=y
kernel/configs/tiny.config:CONFIG_SLOB=y
$

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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