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| author | Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> | 2008-02-05 07:29:38 +0100 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2008-02-05 18:44:19 +0100 |
| commit | 3729145821e3088a0c3c4183037fde356204bf97 (patch) | |
| tree | d95b23e7b718936e63f7cf46e3b2c26cf3bc9af8 /init | |
| parent | slob: reduce external fragmentation by using three free lists (diff) | |
| download | linux-3729145821e3088a0c3c4183037fde356204bf97.tar.xz linux-3729145821e3088a0c3c4183037fde356204bf97.zip | |
slob: correct Kconfig description
Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'init')
| -rw-r--r-- | init/Kconfig | 8 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index aaa7e7d5305e..87f50df58893 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -656,11 +656,9 @@ config SLOB depends on EMBEDDED bool "SLOB (Simple Allocator)" help - SLOB replaces the SLAB allocator with a drastically simpler - allocator. SLOB is more space efficient than SLAB but does not - scale well (single lock for all operations) and is also highly - susceptible to fragmentation. SLUB can accomplish a higher object - density. It is usually better to use SLUB instead of SLOB. + SLOB replaces the stock allocator with a drastically simpler + allocator. SLOB is generally more space efficient but + does not perform as well on large systems. endchoice |