On 8/22/24 18:59, Christoph Lameter (Ampere) wrote: > On Thu, 22 Aug 2024, Yan Zhen wrote: > >> The kmem_cache_alloc() is typically used to free memory allocated through >> the kernel memory cache (slab allocator). > > Well yes but since we removed SLOB we can use kfree() on any slab object. > >> Using kmem_cache_free() for deallocation may be more reasonable. > > > It is more symmetric and looks better. Right, added to slab/for-next, thanks. > Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>