Hello, While I've always thought SLUB was the default and recommended allocator, I'm surprise to find that it's not always the case:
$ find arch/*/configs -name "*defconfig" | wc -l 452 $ grep -r "SLOB=y" arch/*/configs/ | wc -l 11 $ grep -r "SLAB=y" arch/*/configs/ | wc -l 245 This shows that, SLUB being the default, there are actually more defconfigs that choose SLAB. I wonder... * Is SLAB a proper choice? or is it just historical an never been re-evaluated? * Does the average embedded guy knows which allocator to choose and what's the impact on his platform? Thanks, Ezequiel -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
