From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C25FC4E1CD; Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:58:19 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1706047101; cv=none; b=A0L7hYfg3f6QGVeQEHtb5aNvv8JgVJeNxIrcHnJ1fY68pFU8Q3jC4p7KzfGOgMKpQqsthWTrykLPwQZqm+qMtXiBi33vPhL/QLxG8tONEzB5FUTh1arBjyme+vK/sQfuY3p7b3JG1xyJQglUGxwg98S60WIzZ//KP9WX/zQbNWQ= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1706047101; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Ndega+sIAkIq1YFNOA0L1EWMuFio0gyq0Wio7QvD9wI=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=ULMacQrVizq5aNsqaShIN2Jls58azRDmul5QI6nAc0qTCcUifU/96QODzv7Ac/GvYIHX3RkAoAoBma56YiRSugHMrbM0lLn8hF545lTKru0XgJfOFknaLANNB9X3pRC1XtsYmbbWF7w5g3Dw2ikb8SzlY1xfp/PmuAtmCW68Ifs= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=dtuXTYpG; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="dtuXTYpG" Received: from localhost (c-98-53-138-11.hsd1.co.comcast.net [98.53.138.11]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 11D037ABF; Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:58:19 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 11D037ABF DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1706047099; bh=cOSWOI6kz4AsfGTEdILlw4SPtuYI5N874fprPojluJw=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=dtuXTYpGX+sLT38a1XQ2kHia94Fv81/IcD+AXCuQ/FYF3kpyS/FWig4mio9NihnqC MelEaaWjFy2AjKszWNbxQbuXUGPWHStcJ79hgvPipLc4HhLIr8h8sTFr5VzWyuZfbR UeRthCMbk+UiB1Y+KRNfOrGHIUoVlDgEe2aHKubs7Lq/NSbWExtD86mCyr94pvdNAe oZ3Phlm82aZYv2hQ4qBKdvd6KuFQRHzYjQKw17IoM0nsx+xXxQdpd6q2kn/PSVw4G+ p5y84JnOuytowvza9ty84vv9e5Fz3zMml6cVKoslBkSyqC1bPnyIMhRVhKklsgx4Iq ndhDKBmuTV77Q== From: Jonathan Corbet To: Vlastimil Babka , Lukas Bulwahn , 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 In-Reply-To: References: <20231130095515.21586-1-lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:58:18 -0700 Message-ID: <8734unk8zp.fsf@meer.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Vlastimil Babka 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 > > Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka > > 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