Re: [PATCH 08/20] mm/slab: remove mm/slab.c and slab_def.h

[Vlastimil Babka]

On 11/13/23 20:13, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> Remove the SLAB implementation. Update CREDITS (also sort the SLOB entry
> properly).
> 
> RIP SLAB allocator (1996 - 2024)
> 
> Cc: Mark Hemment <markhe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  CREDITS                  |   12 +-
>  include/linux/slab_def.h |  124 --
>  mm/slab.c                | 4026 --------------------------------------
>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4154 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 include/linux/slab_def.h
>  delete mode 100644 mm/slab.c
> 
> diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
> index f33a33fd2371..17597621202b 100644
> --- a/CREDITS
> +++ b/CREDITS
> @@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
>  			Linus
>  ----------
>  
> -N: Matt Mackal
> -E: mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx
> -D: SLOB slab allocator
> -
>  N: Matti Aarnio
>  E: mea@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>  D: Alpha systems hacking, IPv6 and other network related stuff
> @@ -1572,6 +1568,10 @@ S: Ampferstr. 50 / 4
>  S: 6020 Innsbruck
>  S: Austria
>  
> +N: Mark Hemment
> +E: markhe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> +D: SLAB allocator implementation

Hm this address bounced, but I found markhemm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (now CC'd) on
lore from 2022, can I use it, Mark? Thanks!
Link to whole series:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231113191340.17482-22-vbabka@xxxxxxx/T/#t

> +
>  N: Richard Henderson
>  E: rth@xxxxxxxxxxx
>  E: rth@xxxxxxxxxx
> @@ -2437,6 +2437,10 @@ D: work on suspend-to-ram/disk, killing duplicates from ioctl32,
>  D: Altera SoCFPGA and Nokia N900 support.
>  S: Czech Republic
>  
> +N: Matt Mackal
> +E: mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx
> +D: SLOB slab allocator
> +
>  N: Paul Mackerras
>  E: paulus@xxxxxxxxx