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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:54:36 -0700
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Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] slab updates for 6.9
To: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>, Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>, 
	Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>, Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>, 
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	Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev>, Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@gmail.com>, 
	Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@linux.dev>, Xiongwei Song <xiongwei.song@windriver.com>
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On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 at 02:55, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> wrote:
>
>       Also deprecate SLAB_MEM_SPREAD which was only
>   used by SLAB, so it's a no-op since SLAB removal. Assign it an explicit zero
>   value.  The removals of the flag usage are handled independently in the
>   respective subsystems, with a final removal of any leftover usage planned
>   for the next release.

I already had the patch ready to go:

    https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wji0u+OOtmAOD-5JV3SXcRJF___k_+8XNKmak0yd5vW1Q@mail.gmail.com/

so I just did a "git stash apply" and got rid of the final stragglers.
No need to have various random maintainers have to worry about a flag
that hasn't had any meaning since 6.7, and very little before that
either.

              Linus