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

From: Vlastimil Babka
Date: Wed Dec 06 2023 - 04:37:13 EST


On 12/6/23 10:31, Hyeonggon Yoo wrote:
> 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?

Right, thanks a lot for noticing, will fix.