[v3] supplement of slab allocator removal

[PATCH v3 1/4] Documentation: kernel-parameters: remove noaliencache

Posted by sxwjean@me.com 2 years ago

From: Xiongwei Song <xiongwei.song@windriver.com>

ince slab allocator has already been removed. There is no users of
the noaliencachei parameter, so let's remove it.

Suggested-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Xiongwei Song <xiongwei.song@windriver.com>
---
v5: Collect Reviewed-by tag.
v4: Collect Reviewed-by tag.
v3: Remove the changes for slab_max_order.
v2: Add changes for removing "noaliencache".
    https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20231122143603.85297-1-sxwjean@me.com/
v1: Remove slab_max_order.
    https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20231120091214.150502-2-sxwjean@me.com/
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 65731b060e3f..9f94baeb2f82 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3740,10 +3740,6 @@
 	no5lvl		[X86-64,RISCV] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
 			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
 
-	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
-			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
-			but will impact performance.
-
 	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
 
 	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
-- 
2.34.1

Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] Documentation: kernel-parameters: remove noaliencache

Posted by Jeff Johnson 2 years ago

On 12/9/2023 5:52 AM, sxwjean@me.com wrote:
> From: Xiongwei Song <xiongwei.song@windriver.com>
> 
> ince slab allocator has already been removed. There is no users of

s/ince/Since/

> the noaliencachei parameter, so let's remove it.

s/noaliencachei/noaliencache/

> 
> Suggested-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@gmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
> Signed-off-by: Xiongwei Song <xiongwei.song@windriver.com>
> ---
> v5: Collect Reviewed-by tag.
> v4: Collect Reviewed-by tag.
> v3: Remove the changes for slab_max_order.
> v2: Add changes for removing "noaliencache".
>     https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20231122143603.85297-1-sxwjean@me.com/
> v1: Remove slab_max_order.
>     https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20231120091214.150502-2-sxwjean@me.com/
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 65731b060e3f..9f94baeb2f82 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -3740,10 +3740,6 @@
>  	no5lvl		[X86-64,RISCV] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
>  			kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
>  
> -	noaliencache	[MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
> -			caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
> -			but will impact performance.
> -
>  	noalign		[KNL,ARM]
>  
>  	noaltinstr	[S390] Disables alternative instructions patching

RE: [PATCH v3 1/4] Documentation: kernel-parameters: remove noaliencache

Posted by Song, Xiongwei 2 years ago


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org <owner-linux-mm@kvack.org> On Behalf Of Jeff Johnson
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2023 1:48 AM
> To: sxwjean@me.com; vbabka@suse.cz; 42.hyeyoo@gmail.com; cl@linux.com; linux-
> mm@kvack.org
> Cc: penberg@kernel.org; rientjes@google.com; iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com;
> roman.gushchin@linux.dev; corbet@lwn.net; keescook@chromium.org; arnd@arndb.de;
> akpm@linux-foundation.org; gregkh@linuxfoundation.org; linux-doc@vger.kernel.org; linux-
> kernel@vger.kernel.org; Song, Xiongwei <Xiongwei.Song@windriver.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] Documentation: kernel-parameters: remove noaliencache
> 
> 
> On 12/9/2023 5:52 AM, sxwjean@me.com wrote:
> > From: Xiongwei Song <xiongwei.song@windriver.com>
> >
> > ince slab allocator has already been removed. There is no users of
> 
> s/ince/Since/
> 
> > the noaliencachei parameter, so let's remove it.
> 
> s/noaliencachei/noaliencache/

Oh, thanks. I got the flu last week,  sometimes lost patience to check it carefully .

Regards,
Xiongwei

> 
> >
> > Suggested-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@gmail.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> > Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
> > Signed-off-by: Xiongwei Song <xiongwei.song@windriver.com>
> > ---
> > v5: Collect Reviewed-by tag.
> > v4: Collect Reviewed-by tag.
> > v3: Remove the changes for slab_max_order.
> > v2: Add changes for removing "noaliencache".
> >     https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20231122143603.85297-1-sxwjean@me.com/
> > v1: Remove slab_max_order.
> >     https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20231120091214.150502-2-sxwjean@me.com/
> > ---
> >  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ----
> >  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-
> guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > index 65731b060e3f..9f94baeb2f82 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
> > @@ -3740,10 +3740,6 @@
> >       no5lvl          [X86-64,RISCV] Disable 5-level paging mode. Forces
> >                       kernel to use 4-level paging instead.
> >
> > -     noaliencache    [MM, NUMA, SLAB] Disables the allocation of alien
> > -                     caches in the slab allocator.  Saves per-node memory,
> > -                     but will impact performance.
> > -
> >       noalign         [KNL,ARM]
> >
> >       noaltinstr      [S390] Disables alternative instructions patching
>