From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: admin-guide: remove obsolete advice related to SLAB allocator
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:58:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8734unk8zp.fsf@meer.lwn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f0353b3e-9cb3-4009-9c2e-4e0912f28dc2@suse.cz>
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> writes:
> On 11/30/23 10:55, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
>> Commit 1db9d06aaa55 ("mm/slab: remove CONFIG_SLAB from all Kconfig and
>
> Note that's a -next (from slab/for-next) commit which might still change at
> this point.
>
>> Makefile") removes the config SLAB and makes the SLUB allocator the only
>> default allocator in the kernel. Hence, the advice on reducing OS jitter
>> due to kworker kernel threads to build with CONFIG_SLUB instead of
>> CONFIG_SLAB is obsolete.
>>
>> Remove the obsolete advice to build with SLUB instead of SLAB.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
>
> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
>
> But due to above, maybe it's best to wait after the removal goes through.
That has definitely happened, so I've applied this now.
Thanks,
jon
prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-01-23 21:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-11-30 9:55 [PATCH] docs: admin-guide: remove obsolete advice related to SLAB allocator Lukas Bulwahn
2023-12-01 10:44 ` Vlastimil Babka
2024-01-23 21:58 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
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