Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:56:12 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] mm/slub: disable slab merging in the default configuration | From | Vlastimil Babka <> |
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On 7/3/23 22:17, David Rientjes wrote: > Additionally, I wouldn't consider this to be super urgent: slab cache > merging has been this way for several years, we have some time to do an > assessment of the implications of changing an important aspect of kernel > memory allocation that will affect everybody.
Agreed, although I wouldn't say "affect everybody" because the changed upstream default may not automatically translate to what distros will use, and I'd expect most people rely on distro kernels.
> I agree with the patch if > we can make it work, I'd just like to study the effect of it more fully > beyond some kernbench runs.
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