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Fix spellings of slab allocator section in init/Kconfig
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fix-spellings-of-slab-allocator-section-in-init-kconfig.patch
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Subject: Fix spellings of slab allocator section in init/Kconfig
From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx>
Fix some of the spelling issues. Fix sentences. Discourage SLOB use
since SLUB can pack objects denser.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
init/Kconfig | 15 +++++++--------
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff -puN init/Kconfig~fix-spellings-of-slab-allocator-section-in-init-kconfig init/Kconfig
--- a/init/Kconfig~fix-spellings-of-slab-allocator-section-in-init-kconfig
+++ a/init/Kconfig
@@ -523,9 +523,9 @@ config SLAB
bool "SLAB"
help
The regular slab allocator that is established and known to work
- well in all environments. It organizes chache hot objects in
+ well in all environments. It organizes cache hot objects in
per cpu and per node queues. SLAB is the default choice for
- slab allocator.
+ a slab allocator.
config SLUB
depends on EXPERIMENTAL && !ARCH_USES_SLAB_PAGE_STRUCT
@@ -535,21 +535,20 @@ config SLUB
instead of managing queues of cached objects (SLAB approach).
Per cpu caching is realized using slabs of objects instead
of queues of objects. SLUB can use memory efficiently
- way and has enhanced diagnostics.
+ and has enhanced diagnostics.
config SLOB
#
-# SLOB cannot support SMP because SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU does not work
-# properly.
+# SLOB does not support SMP because SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU is unsupported
#
depends on EMBEDDED && !SMP && !SPARSEMEM
bool "SLOB (Simple Allocator)"
help
SLOB replaces the SLAB allocator with a drastically simpler
allocator. SLOB is more space efficient that SLAB but does not
- scale well (single lock for all operations) and is more susceptible
- to fragmentation. SLOB it is a great choice to reduce
- memory usage and code size for embedded systems.
+ scale well (single lock for all operations) and is also highly
+ susceptible to fragmentation. SLUB can accomplish a higher object
+ density. It is usually better to use SLUB instead of SLOB.
endchoice
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from clameter@xxxxxxx are
origin.patch
slub-add-support-for-dynamic-cacheline-size-determination.patch
slub-add-support-for-dynamic-cacheline-size-determination-fix.patch
slub-after-object-padding-only-needed-for-redzoning.patch
slub-slabinfo-upgrade.patch
slub-use-check_valid_pointer-in-kmem_ptr_validate.patch
slub-clean-up-krealloc.patch
slub-clean-up-krealloc-fix.patch
slub-get-rid-of-finish_bootstrap.patch
slub-update-comments.patch
slub-add-macros-for-scanning-objects-in-a-slab.patch
slub-move-resiliency-check-into-sysfs-section.patch
slub-introduce-debugslabpage.patch
slub-consolidate-trace-code.patch
slub-move-tracking-definitions-and-check_valid_pointer-away-from-debug-code.patch
slub-add-config_slub_debug.patch
slub-include-lifetime-stats-and-sets-of-cpus--nodes-in-tracking-output.patch
slub-include-lifetime-stats-and-sets-of-cpus--nodes-in-tracking-output-fix.patch
slub-rework-slab-order-determination.patch
fix-spellings-of-slab-allocator-section-in-init-kconfig.patch
slub-support-concurrent-local-and-remote-frees-and-allocs-on-a-slab.patch
quicklist-support-for-ia64.patch
quicklist-support-for-x86_64.patch
slub-exploit-page-mobility-to-increase-allocation-order.patch
slub-mm-only-make-slub-the-default-slab-allocator.patch
slub-reduce-antifrag-max-order.patch
slub-i386-support.patch
remove-constructor-from-buffer_head.patch
slab-shutdown-cache_reaper-when-cpu-goes-down.patch
mm-implement-swap-prefetching.patch
revoke-core-code-slab-allocators-remove-slab_debug_initial-flag-revoke.patch
vmstat-use-our-own-timer-events.patch
vmstat-use-our-own-timer-events-fix.patch
make-vm-statistics-update-interval-configurable.patch
make-vm-statistics-update-interval-configurable-fix.patch
move-remote-node-draining-out-of-slab-allocators.patch
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