Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm/slub: improve consistency of nr_slabs count

[Hyeonggon Yoo]

On Sun, May 29, 2022 at 04:15:34PM +0800, Rongwei Wang wrote:
> Currently, discard_slab() can change nr_slabs count
> without holding node's list_lock. This will lead some
> error messages print when scanning node's partial or
> full list, e.g. validate all slabs. Literally, it
> affects the consistency of nr_slabs count.

validate attribute is for debugging purpose.

I did not take much time for this series but
My quick impression is that it would be better to deprecate
the attribute than making it work by affecting allocation/free path.

Thanks,
Hyeonggon.