Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary) On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Christopher Lameter <cl@linux.com> wrote:
Should we finally just get rid of SLOB?
I'm not happy about the whole "three different allocators" crap. People always protest, but three different allocators, one of which gets basically no testing, is not good.
gets basically no testing, is not good.
Linus
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allocator and the K&R mechanism that was used in the early kernels. Should we finally just get rid of SLOB?Should we finally just get rid of SLOB?
I'm not happy about the whole "three different allocators" crap. People always protest, but three different allocators, one of which gets basically no testing, is not good.
gets basically no testing, is not good.
Linus
Linus
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