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SubjectRe: [PATCH 11/18] lib/stackdepot: rename slab variables
On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 9:50 PM <andrey.konovalov@linux.dev> wrote:
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> From: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@google.com>
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> Give better names to slab-related global variables: change "depot_"
> prefix to "slab_" to point out that these variables are related to
> stack depot slabs.

I started asking myself if the word "slab" is applicable here at all.
The concept of preallocating big chunks of memory to amortize the
costs belongs to the original slab allocator, but "slab" has a special
meaning in Linux, and we might be confusing people by using it in a
different sense.
What do you think?

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