Re: [PATCH] docs: admin-guide: remove obsolete advice related to SLAB allocator

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Tue Jan 23 2024 - 16:59:02 EST


Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> writes:

> On 11/30/23 10:55, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
>> Commit 1db9d06aaa55 ("mm/slab: remove CONFIG_SLAB from all Kconfig and
>
> Note that's a -next (from slab/for-next) commit which might still change at
> this point.
>
>> Makefile") removes the config SLAB and makes the SLUB allocator the only
>> default allocator in the kernel. Hence, the advice on reducing OS jitter
>> due to kworker kernel threads to build with CONFIG_SLUB instead of
>> CONFIG_SLAB is obsolete.
>>
>> Remove the obsolete advice to build with SLUB instead of SLAB.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
>
> But due to above, maybe it's best to wait after the removal goes through.

That has definitely happened, so I've applied this now.

Thanks,

jon