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From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
To: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@gentwo.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
	Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>,
	Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 01/11] doc: Move SLUB documentation to the admin guide
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:59:04 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250611155916.2579160-2-willy@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250611155916.2579160-1-willy@infradead.org>

This section is supposed to be for internal documentation, while the
document is advice for sysadmins.  Move it to the appropriate place.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
---
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab   |  5 +++--
 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         | 12 +++++++-----
 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst        |  1 +
 .../{mm/slub.rst => admin-guide/mm/slab.rst}  | 19 +++++++++----------
 Documentation/mm/index.rst                    |  1 -
 5 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
 rename Documentation/{mm/slub.rst => admin-guide/mm/slab.rst} (97%)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab
index 658999be5164..b26e4299f822 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-slab
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ Description:
 		The alloc_calls file is read-only and lists the kernel code
 		locations from which allocations for this cache were performed.
 		The alloc_calls file only contains information if debugging is
-		enabled for that cache (see Documentation/mm/slub.rst).
+		enabled for that cache (see
+		Documentation/admin-guide/mm/slab.rst).
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/alloc_fastpath
 Date:		February 2008
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ Contact:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>,
 Description:
 		The free_calls file is read-only and lists the locations of
 		object frees if slab debugging is enabled (see
-		Documentation/mm/slub.rst).
+		Documentation/admin-guide/mm/slab.rst).
 
 What:		/sys/kernel/slab/<cache>/free_fastpath
 Date:		February 2008
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 5c5b8ceafd45..f6b45d444e63 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -6568,7 +6568,7 @@
 			slab_debug can create guard zones around objects and
 			may poison objects when not in use. Also tracks the
 			last alloc / free. For more information see
-			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
+			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/slab.rst.
 			(slub_debug legacy name also accepted for now)
 
 			Using this option implies the "no_hash_pointers"
@@ -6579,7 +6579,7 @@
 			Determines the maximum allowed order for slabs.
 			A high setting may cause OOMs due to memory
 			fragmentation. For more information see
-			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
+			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/slab.rst.
 			(slub_max_order legacy name also accepted for now)
 
 	slab_merge	[MM]
@@ -6594,13 +6594,14 @@
 			the number of objects indicated. The higher the number
 			of objects the smaller the overhead of tracking slabs
 			and the less frequently locks need to be acquired.
-			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
+			For more information see
+			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/slab.rst.
 			(slub_min_objects legacy name also accepted for now)
 
 	slab_min_order=	[MM]
 			Determines the minimum page order for slabs. Must be
 			lower or equal to slab_max_order. For more information see
-			Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
+			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/slab.rst.
 			(slub_min_order legacy name also accepted for now)
 
 	slab_nomerge	[MM]
@@ -6614,7 +6615,8 @@
 			cache (risks via metadata attacks are mostly
 			unchanged). Debug options disable merging on their
 			own.
-			For more information see Documentation/mm/slub.rst.
+			For more information see
+			Documentation/admin-guide/mm/slab.rst.
 			(slub_nomerge legacy name also accepted for now)
 
 	slab_strict_numa	[MM]
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst
index 2d2f6c222308..ebc83ca20fdc 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/index.rst
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ the Linux memory management.
    numaperf
    pagemap
    shrinker_debugfs
+   slab
    soft-dirty
    swap_numa
    transhuge
diff --git a/Documentation/mm/slub.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/slab.rst
similarity index 97%
rename from Documentation/mm/slub.rst
rename to Documentation/admin-guide/mm/slab.rst
index 84ca1dc94e5e..14429ab90611 100644
--- a/Documentation/mm/slub.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/slab.rst
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-==========================
-Short users guide for SLUB
-==========================
-
-The basic philosophy of SLUB is very different from SLAB. SLAB
-requires rebuilding the kernel to activate debug options for all
-slab caches. SLUB always includes full debugging but it is off by default.
-SLUB can enable debugging only for selected slabs in order to avoid
-an impact on overall system performance which may make a bug more
-difficult to find.
+========================================
+Short users guide for the slab allocator
+========================================
+
+The slab allocator includes full debugging support (when built with
+CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG=y) but it is off by default (unless built with
+CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON=y).  You can enable debugging only for selected
+slabs in order to avoid an impact on overall system performance which
+may make a bug more difficult to find.
 
 In order to switch debugging on one can add an option ``slab_debug``
 to the kernel command line. That will enable full debugging for
diff --git a/Documentation/mm/index.rst b/Documentation/mm/index.rst
index d3ada3e45e10..fb45acba16ac 100644
--- a/Documentation/mm/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/mm/index.rst
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ documentation, or deleted if it has served its purpose.
    page_owner
    page_table_check
    remap_file_pages
-   slub
    split_page_table_lock
    transhuge
    unevictable-lru
-- 
2.47.2



  reply	other threads:[~2025-06-11 15:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-06-11 15:59 [PATCH v2 00/11] Various slab improvements Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2025-06-11 15:59 ` Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) [this message]
2025-06-11 15:59 ` [PATCH v2 02/11] slab: Rename slab->__page_flags to slab->flags Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2025-06-11 15:59 ` [PATCH v2 03/11] slab: Add SL_partial flag Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2025-06-11 15:59 ` [PATCH v2 04/11] slab: Add SL_pfmemalloc flag Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2025-06-11 15:59 ` [PATCH v2 05/11] slub: Fix a documentation build error for krealloc() Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2025-06-11 15:59 ` [PATCH v2 06/11] doc: Add slab internal kernel-doc Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2025-06-17 14:03   ` Vlastimil Babka
2025-06-17 14:16     ` Matthew Wilcox
2025-06-11 15:59 ` [PATCH v2 07/11] vmcoreinfo: Remove documentation of PG_slab and PG_hugetlb Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2025-06-11 15:59 ` [PATCH v2 08/11] proc: Remove mention of PG_slab Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2025-06-11 15:59 ` [PATCH v2 09/11] kfence: " Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2025-06-11 15:59 ` [PATCH v2 10/11] memcg_slabinfo: Fix use " Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2025-06-11 15:59 ` [PATCH v2 11/11] slab: Update MAINTAINERS entry Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
2025-06-15 21:51   ` David Rientjes
2025-06-16  7:24   ` Harry Yoo
2025-06-23 12:28 ` [PATCH v2 00/11] Various slab improvements Vlastimil Babka

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