[$] Slab allocator: sheaves and any-context allocations
Date:
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:54:42 +0000
Description:
The kernel's slab allocator is charged with providing small objects on
demand; its performance and reliability are crucial for the functioning of
the system as a whole. At the 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-Management, and BPF Summit, two adjacent sessions in the memory-management track dug into current work on the slab allocator. The
first focused on the new sheaves feature, while the second discussed a set
of allocation functions that are safe to call in any context.
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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1016001/
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