Re: [PATCH v3 02/21] slab: add SLAB_CONSISTENCY_CHECKS to SLAB_NEVER_MERGE

[Harry Yoo]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 03:40:22PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> All the debug flags prevent merging, except SLAB_CONSISTENCY_CHECKS. This
> is suboptimal because this flag (like any debug flags) prevents the
> usage of any fastpaths, and thus affect performance of any aliased
> cache. Also the objects from an aliased cache than the one specified for
> debugging could also interfere with the debugging efforts.
> 
> Fix this by adding the whole SLAB_DEBUG_FLAGS collection to
> SLAB_NEVER_MERGE instead of individual debug flags, so it now also
> includes SLAB_CONSISTENCY_CHECKS.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@xxxxxxxxxx>

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