Re: [PATCH v3 12/21] slab: remove the do_slab_free() fastpath

[Harry Yoo]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 03:40:32PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> We have removed cpu slab usage from allocation paths. Now remove
> do_slab_free() which was freeing objects to the cpu slab when
> the object belonged to it. Instead call __slab_free() directly,
> which was previously the fallback.
> 
> This simplifies kfree_nolock() - when freeing to percpu sheaf
> fails, we can call defer_free() directly.
> 
> Also remove functions that became unused.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> ---

The alloc/free path is now a lot simpler!

Looks good to me,
Reviewed-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Cheers,
Harry / Hyeonggon