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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/Kconfig | 17 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig index 6701d72d3037..623d95659ff9 100644 --- a/mm/Kconfig +++ b/mm/Kconfig @@ -219,17 +219,30 @@ config SLUB and has enhanced diagnostics. SLUB is the default choice for a slab allocator. -config SLOB +config SLOB_DEPRECATED depends on EXPERT - bool "SLOB (Simple Allocator)" + bool "SLOB (Simple Allocator - DEPRECATED)" depends on !PREEMPT_RT help + Deprecated and scheduled for removal in a few cycles. SLUB + recommended as replacement. CONFIG_SLUB_TINY can be considered + on systems with 16MB or less RAM. + + If you need SLOB to stay, please contact linux-mm@kvack.org and + people listed in the SLAB ALLOCATOR section of MAINTAINERS file, + with your use case. + SLOB replaces the stock allocator with a drastically simpler allocator. SLOB is generally more space efficient but does not perform as well on large systems. endchoice +config SLOB + bool + default y + depends on SLOB_DEPRECATED + config SLUB_TINY bool "Configure SLUB for minimal memory footprint" depends on SLUB && EXPERT |