Re: [PATCH v2] slob: add size header to all allocations

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On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 11:36:53AM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 10/23/21 08:41, Rustam Kovhaev wrote:
> > Let's prepend both kmalloc() and kmem_cache_alloc() allocations with the
> > size header.
> > It simplifies the slab API and guarantees that both kmem_cache_alloc()
> > and kmalloc() memory could be freed by kfree().
> > 
> > meminfo right after the system boot, without the patch:
> > Slab:              35456 kB
> > 
> > the same, with the patch:
> > Slab:              36160 kB
> > 
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210929212347.1139666-1-rkovhaev@xxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Rustam Kovhaev <rkovhaev@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Seems overal correct to me, thanks! I'll just suggest some improvements:

Thank you, I'll send a v3.




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