On 5/23/23 11:22, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > Hi Vlastimil, > > Thanks for your patch! > > On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 11:12 AM Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> As discussed at LSF/MM [1] [2] and with no objections raised there, >> deprecate the SLAB allocator. Rename the user-visible option so that >> users with CONFIG_SLAB=y get a new prompt with explanation during make >> oldconfig, while make olddefconfig will just switch to SLUB. >> >> In all defconfigs with CONFIG_SLAB=y remove the line so those also >> switch to SLUB. Regressions due to the switch should be reported to >> linux-mm and slab maintainers. > > Technically, removing these lines from the defconfig files does not > have any impact, right? Well, it doesn't, but I thought it's at least a useful heads-up for the maintainers in case some have specific reasons for keeping SLAB there. > And it removes one more sync point indicating the last time some > defconfig files were (not) updated by their maintainers ;-) Sure, I can exclude yours (and anyone else who'd prefer that), the ack on the deprecation itself is sufficient. >> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/4b9fc9c6-b48c-198f-5f80-811a44737e5f@xxxxxxx/ >> [2] https://lwn.net/Articles/932201/ >> >> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> > >> arch/m68k/configs/amiga_defconfig | 1 - >> arch/m68k/configs/apollo_defconfig | 1 - >> arch/m68k/configs/atari_defconfig | 1 - >> arch/m68k/configs/bvme6000_defconfig | 1 - >> arch/m68k/configs/hp300_defconfig | 1 - >> arch/m68k/configs/mac_defconfig | 1 - >> arch/m68k/configs/multi_defconfig | 1 - >> arch/m68k/configs/mvme147_defconfig | 1 - >> arch/m68k/configs/mvme16x_defconfig | 1 - >> arch/m68k/configs/q40_defconfig | 1 - >> arch/m68k/configs/sun3_defconfig | 1 - >> arch/m68k/configs/sun3x_defconfig | 1 - > > Regardless, > Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thanks! > Gr{oetje,eeting}s, > > Geert >
