From: Matt Mackall Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 06:29:38 +0000 (-0800) Subject: slob: correct Kconfig description X-Git-Tag: v2.6.25-rc1~918 X-Git-Url: http://www.pilppa.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3729145821e3088a0c3c4183037fde356204bf97;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git slob: correct Kconfig description Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index aaa7e7d5305..87f50df5889 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