Hello, While I've always thought SLUB was the default and recommended allocator, I'm surprise to find that it's not always the case: $ find arch/*/configs -name "*defconfig" | wc -l 452 $ grep -r "SLOB=y" arch/*/configs/ | wc -l 11 $ grep -r "SLAB=y" arch/*/configs/ | wc -l 245 This shows that, SLUB being the default, there are actually more defconfigs that choose SLAB. I wonder... * Is SLAB a proper choice? or is it just historical an never been re-evaluated? * Does the average embedded guy knows which allocator to choose and what's the impact on his platform? Thanks, Ezequiel -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>