+ kasan-docs-slub-is-the-only-remaining-slab-implementation.patch added to mm-new branch

+ kasan-docs-slub-is-the-only-remaining-slab-implementation.patch added to mm-new branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: kasan: docs: SLUB is the only remaining slab implementation
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     kasan-docs-slub-is-the-only-remaining-slab-implementation.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/kasan-docs-slub-is-the-only-remaining-slab-implementation.patch

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    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
Subject: kasan: docs: SLUB is the only remaining slab implementation
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 13:04:16 +0100

We have only the SLUB implementation left in the kernel (referred to as
"slab").  Therefore, there is nothing special regarding KASAN modes when
it comes to the slab allocator anymore.

Drop the stale comment regarding differing SLUB vs. SLAB support.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260303120416.62580-1-david@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst |    3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst~kasan-docs-slub-is-the-only-remaining-slab-implementation
+++ a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ Software Tag-Based KASAN supports slab,
 Hardware Tag-Based KASAN supports slab, page_alloc, and non-executable vmalloc
 memory.
 
-For slab, both software KASAN modes support SLUB and SLAB allocators, while
-Hardware Tag-Based KASAN only supports SLUB.
-
 Usage
 -----
 
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from david@kernel.org are

mm-centralizefix-comments-about-compound_mapcount-in-new-sync_with_folio_pmd_zap.patch
mm-pagewalk-drop-fw_migration.patch
mm-madvise-drop-range-checks-in-madvise_free_single_vma.patch
mm-memory-remove-zap_details-parameter-from-zap_page_range_single.patch
mm-memory-remove-zap_details-parameter-from-zap_page_range_single-fix.patch
mm-memory-inline-unmap_mapping_range_vma-into-unmap_mapping_range_tree.patch
mm-memory-simplify-calculation-in-unmap_mapping_range_tree.patch
mm-oom_kill-use-mmu_notify_clear-in-__oom_reap_task_mm.patch
mm-oom_kill-factor-out-zapping-of-vma-into-zap_vma_for_reaping.patch
mm-memory-rename-unmap_single_vma-to-__zap_vma_range.patch
mm-memory-move-adjusting-of-address-range-to-unmap_vmas.patch
mm-memory-convert-details-even_cows-into-details-skip_cows.patch
mm-memory-use-__zap_vma_range-in-zap_vma_for_reaping.patch
mm-memory-inline-unmap_page_range-into-__zap_vma_range.patch
mm-rename-zap_vma_pages-to-zap_vma.patch
mm-rename-zap_page_range_single_batched-to-zap_vma_range_batched.patch
mm-rename-zap_page_range_single-to-zap_vma_range.patch
mm-rename-zap_vma_ptes-to-zap_special_vma_range.patch
mm-memory-support-vm_mixedmap-in-zap_special_vma_range.patch
kasan-docs-slub-is-the-only-remaining-slab-implementation.patch