From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FE27C7EE32 for ; Wed, 24 May 2023 00:29:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S238695AbjEXA3g (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 May 2023 20:29:36 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:44304 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S238829AbjEXA3e (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 May 2023 20:29:34 -0400 Received: from mail-pl1-x631.google.com (mail-pl1-x631.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::631]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 966E4198 for ; Tue, 23 May 2023 17:29:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pl1-x631.google.com with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-1ae64580e9fso6815ad.1 for ; Tue, 23 May 2023 17:29:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20221208; t=1684888159; x=1687480159; h=mime-version:references:message-id:in-reply-to:subject:cc:to:from :date:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=p+iGDu91GXvHaUJ4/GkDIwXiVromlKTEDnrVX/jdHHE=; b=oCPd/VMBzehzBIwxKD0CUQlcv9XnCqSIGnZFpfNhT9159UiXp4+4s0dt1T5T+r2N8u ejdMVEW9GWrQK3u8D/R+OgCl4fi8an2VY0K+/eeCPWT2cGGSET/E3kHkr5iqimXeopNz 1LhLEfNIl9101bv8HdubYyq2hpbrF89XLwyNahFvZOtnckCP7CoEZsh2L+2+OK9q9Yjc K9vC86dI9TWXu3/6r3ILFI/gvIY8hkiVXH1FcP052iNl13PiuUL4NAyi+n5JDzxUMMjc YVmWP+V4GT0WZnv89R5QJMFswFGyufptXG7L83ZUIfYIL/yWyXKcEjeZvi21gEBg088G o5Zg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1684888159; x=1687480159; h=mime-version:references:message-id:in-reply-to:subject:cc:to:from :date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=p+iGDu91GXvHaUJ4/GkDIwXiVromlKTEDnrVX/jdHHE=; b=P/Vkp9jKwomWiG8EHV+sQmCJfDkMnBz5hpcIQjwL5GheCe3Va0YULjGHKrtUiSKtnC r/hArpbUoMySBImKc9hkhkAy+GYnOLym3QKQIQ4tzEE5tlobKa1r8CVjRE37gwwfaY1o 0oivCHBU04nXocj9dYYWveKL3SWSf4Y9fpmO7V/oBe4PqvX/Y2IdldNKKBU9oLavArMh nhIvekQ5esT8Fe9gv+OidW7OHPrr9RxdoI0TMVhA/+6du5lX5pAF39UB2ZtNSKkJK3Lj kguteJDQ6PHyQN8ZDPsLvciMRG1H4ux7fd2GFrDeTEMi24VG9zTM+9e/TktiKAw7yjEV uVEQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AC+VfDwWaJXNlmxUcM/jir7lJ2tSR01PpF1LKLtWyn6Qr5rQpiXaqVRW 0mOPkZYeNGeqgdBfAmvtc1tYUQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACHHUZ4WC86fv/HCojVq6Z7bo1LnEN2P8Qa/JJdhSbqAvm7x1JKXoIG4BePTyVsmdwlyiuzkRQj4Vw== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:e847:b0:1af:90ce:5263 with SMTP id t7-20020a170902e84700b001af90ce5263mr107385plg.26.1684888158675; Tue, 23 May 2023 17:29:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [2620:0:1008:11:c789:c1fb:6667:1766] ([2620:0:1008:11:c789:c1fb:6667:1766]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n20-20020a17090a929400b0024de0de6ec8sm137193pjo.17.2023.05.23.17.29.17 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 23 May 2023 17:29:18 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 17:29:17 -0700 (PDT) From: David Rientjes To: Vlastimil Babka cc: Christoph Lameter , Pekka Enberg , Joonsoo Kim , Roman Gushchin , Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@gmail.com>, Shawn Guo , Sascha Hauer , Vladimir Zapolskiy , Andrew Lunn , Gregory Clement , Sebastian Hesselbarth , Tony Lindgren , Qin Jian , Thomas Bogendoerfer , Dinh Nguyen , "James E . J . Bottomley" , Helge Deller , Yoshinori Sato , Rich Felker , John Paul Adrian Glaubitz , "David S . Miller" , Richard Weinberger , Anton Ivanov , Johannes Berg , Andrew Morton , linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-renesas-soc@vger.kernel.org, linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-um@lists.infradead.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/slab: rename CONFIG_SLAB to CONFIG_SLAB_DEPRECATED In-Reply-To: <20230523091139.21449-1-vbabka@suse.cz> Message-ID: References: <20230523091139.21449-1-vbabka@suse.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 23 May 2023, Vlastimil Babka wrote: > As discussed at LSF/MM [1] [2] and with no objections raised there, > deprecate the SLAB allocator. Rename the user-visible option so that > users with CONFIG_SLAB=y get a new prompt with explanation during make > oldconfig, while make olddefconfig will just switch to SLUB. > > In all defconfigs with CONFIG_SLAB=y remove the line so those also > switch to SLUB. Regressions due to the switch should be reported to > linux-mm and slab maintainers. > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/4b9fc9c6-b48c-198f-5f80-811a44737e5f@suse.cz/ > [2] https://lwn.net/Articles/932201/ > > Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka Acked-by: David Rientjes The Kconfig option says that SLAB will be removed in a few cycles. I think we should wait until at least the next LTS kernel is forked at the end of the year so that users who upgrade to only the LTS releases can be prompted for this change and surface any concerns. Slab allocation is a critical subsystem, so I presume this is the safest and most responsible way to do the SLAB deprecation. Hopefully that timeline works for everybody.