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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 | |||
656 | depends on EMBEDDED | 656 | depends on EMBEDDED |
657 | bool "SLOB (Simple Allocator)" | 657 | bool "SLOB (Simple Allocator)" |
658 | help | 658 | help |
659 | SLOB replaces the SLAB allocator with a drastically simpler | 659 | SLOB replaces the stock allocator with a drastically simpler |
660 | allocator. SLOB is more space efficient than SLAB but does not | 660 | allocator. SLOB is generally more space efficient but |
661 | scale well (single lock for all operations) and is also highly | 661 | does not perform as well on large systems. |
662 | susceptible to fragmentation. SLUB can accomplish a higher object | ||
663 | density. It is usually better to use SLUB instead of SLOB. | ||
664 | 662 | ||
665 | endchoice | 663 | endchoice |
666 | 664 | ||