Re: [PATCH v2 09/21] mm/slab: remove mm/slab.c and slab_def.h

[Hyeonggon Yoo]

On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 07:34:20PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> Remove the SLAB implementation. Update CREDITS.
> Also update and properly sort the SLOB entry there.
> 
> RIP SLAB allocator (1996 - 2024)
> 
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  CREDITS                  |   12 +-
>  include/linux/slab_def.h |  124 --
>  mm/slab.c                | 4005 ----------------------------------------------
>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4133 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@xxxxxxxxx>

> diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
> index f33a33fd2371..943a73e96149 100644
> --- a/CREDITS
> +++ b/CREDITS
> @@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
>  			Linus
>  ----------
>  
> -N: Matt Mackal
> -E: mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx
> -D: SLOB slab allocator

by the way I just realized that commit 16e943bf8db
("MAINTAINERS: SLAB maintainer update") incorrectly put her lastname
(Mackall is correct), maybe update that too?

>  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
> +
>  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: Olivia Mackal
> +E: olivia@xxxxxxxxxxx
> +D: SLOB slab allocator
> +
>  N: Paul Mackerras
>  E: paulus@xxxxxxxxx
>  D: PPP driver
>
> -- 
> 2.42.1
> 
>