slub: Remove userspace notifier for cache add/remove
authorChristoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Tue, 2 Jun 2020 04:45:50 +0000 (21:45 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 2 Jun 2020 17:59:06 +0000 (10:59 -0700)
commitd7660ce5914d396242bfc56c8f45ef117101fb58
tree22ee5b95973815e7b8603c1d2356580fb7fcee69
parent52f23478081ae0dcdb95d1650ea1e7d52d586829
slub: Remove userspace notifier for cache add/remove

I came across some unnecessary uevents once again which reminded me
this.  The patch seems to be lost in the leaves of the original
discussion [1], so resending.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.21.2001281813130.745@www.lameter.com

Kmem caches are internal kernel structures so it is strange that
userspace notifiers would be needed.  And I am not aware of any use of
these notifiers.  These notifiers may just exist because in the initial
slub release the sysfs code was copied from another subsystem.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@suse.com>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200423115721.19821-1-mkoutny@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
mm/slub.c