From: "Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" <vbabka@kernel.org>
To: Harry Yoo <harry@kernel.org>, Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com>
Cc: Hao Li <hao.li@linux.dev>, Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>,
Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>,
Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com>,
Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>,
Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>,
kasan-dev@googlegroups.com,
"Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" <vbabka@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 10/10] mm, slab: deprecate CONFIG_SLUB_TINY and reduce its Kconfig effects
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:43:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261105-slub_tiny_rework-v3-10-0484ce59eabb@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261105-slub_tiny_rework-v3-0-0484ce59eabb@kernel.org>
At this point CONFIG_SLUB_TINY only affects the default value of
slab_tiny_enabled which has a boot-time parameter. Thus deprecate it in
the Kconfig description.
Also remove its interactions with other Kconfig option, as they are not
necessary:
- KASAN, SLUB_DEBUG or SLUB_STATS support do not need !SLUB_TINY
- KVFREE_RCU_BATCHED can simply depend on !TINY_RCU
- various hardening options do not need to be excluded, although it's
unlikely that somebody would enable those with extra memory overhead
together with slab_tiny
- SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT does not need to be selected, although it's likely
to be used together
Keep the "depends on EXPERT && !COMPILE_TEST" as there's no point making
the deprecated option more visible.
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>
---
lib/Kconfig.kasan | 2 +-
mm/Kconfig | 16 +++++++---------
mm/Kconfig.debug | 2 +-
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kasan b/lib/Kconfig.kasan
index a4bb610a7a6f..f20b574f6653 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.kasan
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.kasan
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ menuconfig KASAN
(HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_SW_TAGS && CC_HAS_KASAN_SW_TAGS)) && \
CC_HAS_WORKING_NOSANITIZE_ADDRESS) || \
HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_HW_TAGS
- depends on SYSFS && !SLUB_TINY
+ depends on SYSFS
select STACKDEPOT_ALWAYS_INIT
help
Enables KASAN (Kernel Address Sanitizer) - a dynamic memory safety
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index afff1b25b543..ec91a4cc6c83 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -167,16 +167,18 @@ config SLUB
config KVFREE_RCU_BATCHED
def_bool y
- depends on !SLUB_TINY && !TINY_RCU
+ depends on !TINY_RCU
depends on !RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD
config SLUB_TINY
- bool "Configure for minimal memory footprint"
+ bool "Enable slab_tiny by default"
depends on EXPERT && !COMPILE_TEST
- select SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT
help
+ Deprecated option that enables the slab_tiny boot parameter by
+ default, and can be overridden by booting with slab_tiny=0.
+
Configures the slab allocator in a way to achieve minimal memory
- footprint, sacrificing scalability, debugging and other features.
+ footprint, sacrificing scalability.
This is intended only for the smallest system that had used the
SLOB allocator and is not recommended for systems with more than
16MB RAM.
@@ -199,7 +201,6 @@ config SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT
config SLAB_FREELIST_RANDOM
bool "Randomize slab freelist"
- depends on !SLUB_TINY
help
Randomizes the freelist order used on creating new pages. This
security feature reduces the predictability of the kernel slab
@@ -207,7 +208,6 @@ config SLAB_FREELIST_RANDOM
config SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED
bool "Harden slab freelist metadata"
- depends on !SLUB_TINY
help
Many kernel heap attacks try to target slab cache metadata and
other infrastructure. This options makes minor performance
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ config SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED
config SLAB_BUCKETS
bool "Support allocation from separate kmalloc buckets"
- depends on !SLUB_TINY
default SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED
help
Kernel heap attacks frequently depend on being able to create
@@ -234,7 +233,7 @@ config SLAB_BUCKETS
config SLUB_STATS
default n
bool "Enable performance statistics"
- depends on SYSFS && !SLUB_TINY
+ depends on SYSFS
help
The statistics are useful to debug slab allocation behavior in
order find ways to optimize the allocator. This should never be
@@ -245,7 +244,6 @@ config SLUB_STATS
Try running: slabinfo -DA
config KMALLOC_PARTITION_CACHES
- depends on !SLUB_TINY
bool "Partitioned slab caches for normal kmalloc"
default RANDOM_KMALLOC_CACHES
help
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig.debug b/mm/Kconfig.debug
index 9ae75229c76d..1c43b6aeac9f 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/mm/Kconfig.debug
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ config DEBUG_PAGEALLOC_ENABLE_DEFAULT
config SLUB_DEBUG
default y
bool "Enable SLUB debugging support" if EXPERT
- depends on SYSFS && !SLUB_TINY
+ depends on SYSFS
select STACKDEPOT if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
help
SLUB has extensive debug support features. Disabling these can
--
2.56.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-05 8:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-05 8:43 [PATCH v3 00/10] replace CONFIG_SLUB_TINY with a slab_tiny boot parameter Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-05 8:43 ` [PATCH v3 01/10] slab, kunit: pin test slabs by an extra allocation Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-05 12:59 ` Harry Yoo
2026-11-05 8:43 ` [PATCH v3 02/10] kasan, " Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-05 13:03 ` Harry Yoo
2026-11-05 13:26 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-05 8:43 ` [PATCH v3 03/10] mm, slab: refactor slab_min/max_order handling Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-05 13:12 ` Harry Yoo
2026-11-05 8:43 ` [PATCH v3 04/10] mm, slab: introduce slab_debug=N Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-05 13:26 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-05 14:30 ` Harry Yoo
2026-11-05 14:36 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-05 15:02 ` Harry Yoo
2026-11-05 8:43 ` [PATCH v3 05/10] mm, slab: rework KMALLOC_RECLAIM handling of SLUB_TINY Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-08 17:00 ` Harry Yoo
2026-11-05 8:43 ` [PATCH v3 06/10] mm, slab: make SLUB_TINY handling dynamic for sizing decisions Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-08 17:58 ` Harry Yoo
2026-11-05 8:43 ` [PATCH v3 07/10] mm, slab: convert CONFIG_SLUB_TINY checks to kmem_cache_debug() Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-10 14:12 ` Harry Yoo
2026-11-05 8:43 ` [PATCH v3 08/10] mm, slab: remove remaining compile-time checks for CONFIG_SLUB_TINY Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-10 14:19 ` Harry Yoo
2026-11-05 8:43 ` [PATCH v3 09/10] mm, slab: add slab_tiny boot param Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-11-10 14:24 ` Harry Yoo
2026-11-05 8:43 ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) [this message]
2026-11-10 14:39 ` [PATCH v3 10/10] mm, slab: deprecate CONFIG_SLUB_TINY and reduce its Kconfig effects Harry Yoo
2026-11-10 14:46 ` [PATCH v3 00/10] replace CONFIG_SLUB_TINY with a slab_tiny boot parameter Harry Yoo
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