Re: [PATCH RESEND] slub: Remove userspace notifier for cache add/remove

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On Thu, 23 Apr 2020, Michal Koutný wrote:

> From: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I came across some unnecessary uevents once again which reminded me
> this. The patch seems to be lost in the leaves of the original
> discussion [1], so resending.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.21.2001281813130.745@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 8<---
> Kmem caches are internal kernel structures so it is strange that
> userspace notifiers would be needed. And I am not aware of any use
> of these notifiers. These notifiers may just exist because in the
> initial slub release the sysfs code was copied from another
> subsystem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>

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