Re: SLAB vs. SLUB
On Thu, 2018-02-22 at 08:12 +, Frank Chung wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks for the great work. Just to comment that switching to SLUB seems to > partially address Bug#861964: > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=861964 > > Perhaps a comment on that bug is in order, if not closing it outright? Thanks, I've closed it now. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings [W]e found...that it wasn't as easy to get programs right as we had thought. ... I realized that a large part of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programs. - Maurice Wilkes, 1949 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: SLAB vs. SLUB
Hello, Thanks for the great work. Just to comment that switching to SLUB seems to partially address Bug#861964: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=861964 Perhaps a comment on that bug is in order, if not closing it outright? Regards, Frank Chung
Re: SLAB vs. SLUB
Hi On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 05:37:44PM +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Thu, 2018-01-18 at 18:18 +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: > > Not sure when this came up the last time. However we seem to be the > > last large distribution to use SLAB as the kernel allocator. > > Don't we want to change that some time? > Yes, let's change to SLUB. I think SLUB_DEBUG and > SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED should be enabled, except on armel/marvell. Okay. I'll do that. Bastian -- The more complex the mind, the greater the need for the simplicity of play. -- Kirk, "Shore Leave", stardate 3025.8
Re: SLAB vs. SLUB
On Thu, 2018-01-18 at 18:18 +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: > Moin > > Not sure when this came up the last time. However we seem to be the > last large distribution to use SLAB as the kernel allocator. > > Don't we want to change that some time? Yes, let's change to SLUB. I think SLUB_DEBUG and SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED should be enabled, except on armel/marvell. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle science fiction. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
SLAB vs. SLUB
Moin Not sure when this came up the last time. However we seem to be the last large distribution to use SLAB as the kernel allocator. Don't we want to change that some time? Bastian -- Intuition, however illogical, is recognized as a command prerogative. -- Kirk, "Obsession", stardate 3620.7
