Re: [PATCH] mm/slab: remove outdated comment in create_kmalloc_caches()

[Harry Yoo]

On Wed, Nov 04, 2026 at 11:47:51PM +0900, Sang-Heon Jeon wrote:
> Since commit 16a1d968358a ("mm/slab: remove mm/slab.c and slab_def.h")
> removed SLAB, no kmalloc cache is created before create_kmalloc_caches().
> 
> So remove the outdated comment.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sang-Heon Jeon <ekffu200098@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/slab_common.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
> index e66c0778ee98..c4a386f0dd90 100644
> --- a/mm/slab_common.c
> +++ b/mm/slab_common.c
> @@ -1029,9 +1029,7 @@ new_kmalloc_cache(int idx, enum kmalloc_cache_type type)
>  }
>  
>  /*
> - * Create the kmalloc array. Some of the regular kmalloc arrays
> - * may already have been created because they were needed to
> - * enable allocations for slab creation.
> + * Create the kmalloc array.
>   */

LGTM, but maybe let's just drop the comment?
The name "create_kmalloc_caches" already covers
"Create the kmalloc array"

>  void __init create_kmalloc_caches(void)
>  {
> 
> base-commit: d15d7703166daf7bd62c844a3cb1b3a6279adb4c
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 

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Cheers,
Harry / Hyeonggon