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Howlett" , Mike Rapoport , Suren Baghdasaryan , Michal Hocko , Shuah Khan , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20260418000635.17499-1-sef1548@gmail.com> From: "Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)" Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Rspamd-Server: rspam11 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: E45321C000E X-Stat-Signature: cfks346tq6fjbrs7xm7kuze3qefhg8sp X-Rspam-User: X-HE-Tag: 1776511251-52806 X-HE-Meta: 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 lU6kqvc3 m0X+b6eoG4XinZtzlKg528dI28vUHREUy89TxVDIdF4fZnlZP/G9k5oembU3KR0Zbrm43X5poKaToQEuvYL2wqQRLHMOwFtq6Ruj61Xwbyq2Px+AtZg70TQTX+y2EoMauezzyJWb/4F+jsWJHxI3wuOkiK8RQxnMEGhkZcGRkve8njnmfs4p2pUnZEh6kmcfjVPXelVabPmaPh5nK5vro1848MRY3QiJj94QbbpFCqOPYcMQdhb1mDkA83C5sqG8Rmv11dUwCcN+2ubQcfq8/0O6U/dm/BDpMbEC1zg3MDGtONjx4CrUeeQrqZpJMPjzcANaiXx/1TTpYoSEv06k23ZMo4ngeB+tinjmQHPkoZkpEnfdjCLBhtJN0ev/0kdrnAk/6hLrQO9Bbz4I= Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On 4/18/26 1:00 PM, Nick Huang wrote: > Hi Lorenzo Stoakes > Lorenzo Stoakes 於 2026年4月18日週六 下午5:11寫道： >> >> On Sat, Apr 18, 2026 at 02:12:22PM +0800, Nick Huang wrote: >>> Nick Huang 於 2026年4月18日週六 下午1:27寫道： >>>> >>>> Matthew Wilcox 於 2026年4月18日週六 下午1:04寫道： >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2026 at 12:06:19AM +0000, Nick Huang wrote: >>>>>> - Add "Overview" section explaining the slab allocator's role and purpose >>>>>> - Document the three main slab allocator implementations (SLAB, SLUB, SLOB) >>> Hi Matthew Wilcox >>> I will remove this sentence in the next version: >>> “Document the three main slab allocator implementations (SLAB, SLUB, SLOB).” >>> I’m not entirely sure I fully understand your point. If I’ve missed >>> anything, please let me know what needs to be changed. Thank you. >> >> No, please don't send any more revisions of this garbage, thanks. > > thank you for your guidance. I will correct my work and introduce the > more recent `barn`, `sheave`, and `kmalloc_obj`. > Do you think this is appropriate? No, this whole thing is inappropriate from the beginning. We are not going to waste more time on development-by-review for something that started as undisclosed LLM slop.