Re: [PATCH] docs: Add overview and SLUB allocator sections to slab documentation

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Sat, Apr 18, 2026 at 10:07:22AM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 18, 2026 at 12:06:19AM +0000, Nick Huang wrote:
> > - Add "Overview" section explaining the slab allocator's role and purpose
> > - Document the three main slab allocator implementations (SLAB, SLUB, SLOB)
> 
> The fact you're insanely wrong about the current state of slab only makes this
> worse.

This is actually a new low.  We've always had to contend with people
putting up outdated or just wrong information on web pages, and there's
little we can do about it.  Witness all the outdated information about
THP that's based on code that's been deleted for over a decade.

But now we've got AI trained on all this wrong/ out of date information,
and, er, "enthusiasts" who are trying to change the correct information
in the kernel to match what the deluded AI "thinks" should be true.

Let that sink in.