Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 May 2007 21:19:09 +0100 (BST) | From | Hugh Dickins <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.22 -mm merge plans: slub |
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On Tue, 1 May 2007, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Tue, 1 May 2007 19:10:29 +0100 (BST) > Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> wrote: > > > > Most of the rest of slub. Will merge it all. > > > > Merging slub already? I'm surprised. > > My thinking here is "does slub have a future". > I think the answer is "yes",
I think I agree with that, though it's a judgement I'd leave to you and others.
> so we're reasonably safe getting it into mainline for the finishing > work. The kernel.org kernel will still default to slab. > > Does that sound wrong?
Yes, to me it does. If it could be defaulted to on throughout the -rcs, on every architecture, then I'd say that's "finishing work"; and we'd be safe knowing we could go back to slab in a hurry if needed. But it hasn't reached that stage yet, I think.
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