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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2023-06-29 16:34:12 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2023-06-29 16:34:12 -0700 |
| commit | 632f54b4d60bfe0701f43d0bc387928de6e3dcfb (patch) | |
| tree | fac09ccb563bdd3e71133c3f571db6d747fe94fa /mm/Kconfig | |
| parent | bf1fa6f15553df04f2bdd06190ccd5f388ab0777 (diff) | |
| parent | 7bc162d5cc4de5c33c5570dba2719a01506a9fd0 (diff) | |
Merge tag 'slab-for-6.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vbabka/slab
Pull slab updates from Vlastimil Babka:
- SLAB deprecation:
Following the discussion at LSF/MM 2023 [1] and no objections, the
SLAB allocator is deprecated by renaming the config option (to make
its users notice) to CONFIG_SLAB_DEPRECATED with updated help text.
SLUB should be used instead. Existing defconfigs with CONFIG_SLAB are
also updated.
- SLAB_NO_MERGE kmem_cache flag (Jesper Dangaard Brouer):
There are (very limited) cases where kmem_cache merging is
undesirable, and existing ways to prevent it are hacky. Introduce a
new flag to do that cleanly and convert the existing hacky users.
Btrfs plans to use this for debug kernel builds (that use case is
always fine), networking for performance reasons (that should be very
rare).
- Replace the usage of weak PRNGs (David Keisar Schmidt):
In addition to using stronger RNGs for the security related features,
the code is a bit cleaner.
- Misc code cleanups (SeongJae Parki, Xiongwei Song, Zhen Lei, and
zhaoxinchao)
Link: https://lwn.net/Articles/932201/ [1]
* tag 'slab-for-6.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vbabka/slab:
mm/slab_common: use SLAB_NO_MERGE instead of negative refcount
mm/slab: break up RCU readers on SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU example code
mm/slab: add a missing semicolon on SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU example code
mm/slab_common: reduce an if statement in create_cache()
mm/slab: introduce kmem_cache flag SLAB_NO_MERGE
mm/slab: rename CONFIG_SLAB to CONFIG_SLAB_DEPRECATED
mm/slab: remove HAVE_HARDENED_USERCOPY_ALLOCATOR
mm/slab_common: Replace invocation of weak PRNG
mm/slab: Replace invocation of weak PRNG
slub: Don't read nr_slabs and total_objects directly
slub: Remove slabs_node() function
slub: Remove CONFIG_SMP defined check
slub: Put objects_show() into CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG enabled block
slub: Correct the error code when slab_kset is NULL
mm/slab: correct return values in comment for _kmem_cache_create()
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/Kconfig | 18 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig index e00df648c91d..09130434e30d 100644 --- a/mm/Kconfig +++ b/mm/Kconfig @@ -234,18 +234,23 @@ choice help This option allows to select a slab allocator. -config SLAB - bool "SLAB" +config SLAB_DEPRECATED + bool "SLAB (DEPRECATED)" depends on !PREEMPT_RT - select HAVE_HARDENED_USERCOPY_ALLOCATOR help + Deprecated and scheduled for removal in a few cycles. Replaced by + SLUB. + + If you cannot migrate to SLUB, please contact linux-mm@kvack.org + and the people listed in the SLAB ALLOCATOR section of MAINTAINERS + file, explaining why. + The regular slab allocator that is established and known to work well in all environments. It organizes cache hot objects in per cpu and per node queues. config SLUB bool "SLUB (Unqueued Allocator)" - select HAVE_HARDENED_USERCOPY_ALLOCATOR help SLUB is a slab allocator that minimizes cache line usage instead of managing queues of cached objects (SLAB approach). @@ -256,6 +261,11 @@ config SLUB endchoice +config SLAB + bool + default y + depends on SLAB_DEPRECATED + config SLUB_TINY bool "Configure SLUB for minimal memory footprint" depends on SLUB && EXPERT |