Re: [PATCH] docs: Add overview and SLUB allocator sections to slab documentation

Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-04-18T11:20:54Z

On 4/18/26 1:00 PM, Nick Huang wrote:
> Hi Lorenzo Stoakes
> Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org> 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 <sef1548@gmail.com> 於 2026年4月18日週六 下午1:27寫道：
>>>>
>>>> Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> 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.