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[86.16.54.28]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-4601f2dcbe3sm41826482f8f.8.2026.06.07.09.04.50 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:04:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2026 17:04:49 +0100 From: Vishal Moola To: Mohammed EL Kadiri Cc: Jonathan Corbet , Andrew Morton , Vlastimil Babka , Matthew Wilcox , David Hildenbrand , Lorenzo Stoakes , Kees Cook , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] docs/mm/slab: document cache isolation with SLAB_NO_MERGE Message-ID: References: <20260606155856.15548-1-med08elkadiri@gmail.com> <20260607070645.9559-1-med08elkadiri@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260607070645.9559-1-med08elkadiri@gmail.com> X-Rspamd-Server: rspam02 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: A6D0DC0006 X-Stat-Signature: hbugdeyxy4xc3byurpuaqgc1tm53s7eb X-Rspam-User: X-HE-Tag: 1780848293-442826 X-HE-Meta: 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 mm2MpNPe 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 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Sun, Jun 07, 2026 at 08:06:45AM +0100, Mohammed EL Kadiri wrote: > Add documentation to slab.rst explaining when and how to use > SLAB_NO_MERGE to protect security-critical slab caches from > cross-cache heap exploitation. Thanks for helping improve the documentation. I haven't looked at the patch, but have some comments in regards to the process. We prefer to send new iterations of patches as separate threads, with the exception being small fixes/cleanups. Also, I'd recommend waiting a bit longer between versions to let the maintainers comment since getting documentation is pretty particular.