Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/slab_common: add SLAB_NO_MERGE flag for use when creating slabs

2015-09-01 Thread Dave Chinner
On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 01:51:29PM -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote: > The slab aliasing/merging by default transition went unnoticed (at least > to the DM subsystem). Add a new SLAB_NO_MERGE flag that allows > individual slabs to be created without slab merging. This beats forcing > all slabs to be

[PATCH 1/2] mm/slab_common: add SLAB_NO_MERGE flag for use when creating slabs

2015-09-01 Thread Mike Snitzer
The slab aliasing/merging by default transition went unnoticed (at least to the DM subsystem). Add a new SLAB_NO_MERGE flag that allows individual slabs to be created without slab merging. This beats forcing all slabs to be created in this fashion by specifying sl[au]b_nomerge on the kernel

[PATCH 1/2] mm/slab_common: add SLAB_NO_MERGE flag for use when creating slabs

2015-09-01 Thread Mike Snitzer
The slab aliasing/merging by default transition went unnoticed (at least to the DM subsystem). Add a new SLAB_NO_MERGE flag that allows individual slabs to be created without slab merging. This beats forcing all slabs to be created in this fashion by specifying sl[au]b_nomerge on the kernel

Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/slab_common: add SLAB_NO_MERGE flag for use when creating slabs

2015-09-01 Thread Dave Chinner
On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 01:51:29PM -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote: > The slab aliasing/merging by default transition went unnoticed (at least > to the DM subsystem). Add a new SLAB_NO_MERGE flag that allows > individual slabs to be created without slab merging. This beats forcing > all slabs to be