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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/Kconfig')
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1 files changed, 48 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig index 0eabd0beb345..ff7b209dec05 100644 --- a/mm/Kconfig +++ b/mm/Kconfig @@ -219,17 +219,43 @@ config SLUB and has enhanced diagnostics. SLUB is the default choice for a slab allocator. -config SLOB +config SLOB_DEPRECATED depends on EXPERT - bool "SLOB (Simple Allocator)" + bool "SLOB (Simple Allocator - DEPRECATED)" depends on !PREEMPT_RT help + Deprecated and scheduled for removal in a few cycles. SLUB + recommended as replacement. CONFIG_SLUB_TINY can be considered + on systems with 16MB or less RAM. + + If you need SLOB to stay, please contact linux-mm@kvack.org and + people listed in the SLAB ALLOCATOR section of MAINTAINERS file, + with your use case. + 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 +config SLOB + bool + default y + depends on SLOB_DEPRECATED + +config SLUB_TINY + bool "Configure SLUB for minimal memory footprint" + depends on SLUB && EXPERT + select SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT + help + Configures the SLUB allocator in a way to achieve minimal memory + footprint, sacrificing scalability, debugging and other features. + This is intended only for the smallest system that had used the + SLOB allocator and is not recommended for systems with more than + 16MB RAM. + + If unsure, say N. + config SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT bool "Allow slab caches to be merged" default y @@ -247,7 +273,7 @@ config SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT config SLAB_FREELIST_RANDOM bool "Randomize slab freelist" - depends on SLAB || SLUB + depends on SLAB || (SLUB && !SLUB_TINY) help Randomizes the freelist order used on creating new pages. This security feature reduces the predictability of the kernel slab @@ -255,7 +281,7 @@ config SLAB_FREELIST_RANDOM config SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED bool "Harden slab freelist metadata" - depends on SLAB || SLUB + depends on SLAB || (SLUB && !SLUB_TINY) help Many kernel heap attacks try to target slab cache metadata and other infrastructure. This options makes minor performance @@ -267,7 +293,7 @@ config SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED config SLUB_STATS default n bool "Enable SLUB performance statistics" - depends on SLUB && SYSFS + depends on SLUB && SYSFS && !SLUB_TINY help SLUB statistics are useful to debug SLUBs allocation behavior in order find ways to optimize the allocator. This should never be @@ -279,7 +305,7 @@ config SLUB_STATS config SLUB_CPU_PARTIAL default y - depends on SLUB && SMP + depends on SLUB && SMP && !SLUB_TINY bool "SLUB per cpu partial cache" help Per cpu partial caches accelerate objects allocation and freeing @@ -775,7 +801,7 @@ endchoice config THP_SWAP def_bool y - depends on TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE && ARCH_WANTS_THP_SWAP && SWAP + depends on TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE && ARCH_WANTS_THP_SWAP && SWAP && 64BIT help Swap transparent huge pages in one piece, without splitting. XXX: For now, swap cluster backing transparent huge page @@ -1005,6 +1031,14 @@ config ARCH_USES_HIGH_VMA_FLAGS config ARCH_HAS_PKEYS bool +config ARCH_USES_PG_ARCH_X + bool + help + Enable the definition of PG_arch_x page flags with x > 1. Only + suitable for 64-bit architectures with CONFIG_FLATMEM or + CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP enabled, otherwise there may not be + enough room for additional bits in page->flags. + config VM_EVENT_COUNTERS default y bool "Enable VM event counters for /proc/vmstat" if EXPERT @@ -1074,7 +1108,13 @@ config IO_MAPPING bool config SECRETMEM - def_bool ARCH_HAS_SET_DIRECT_MAP && !EMBEDDED + default y + bool "Enable memfd_secret() system call" if EXPERT + depends on ARCH_HAS_SET_DIRECT_MAP + help + Enable the memfd_secret() system call with the ability to create + memory areas visible only in the context of the owning process and + not mapped to other processes and other kernel page tables. config ANON_VMA_NAME bool "Anonymous VMA name support" @@ -1107,17 +1147,10 @@ config HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR help Arch has userfaultfd minor fault support -config PTE_MARKER - bool - - help - Allows to create marker PTEs for file-backed memory. - config PTE_MARKER_UFFD_WP bool "Userfaultfd write protection support for shmem/hugetlbfs" default y depends on HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_WP - select PTE_MARKER help Allows to create marker PTEs for userfaultfd write protection |