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kasan-docs-slub-is-the-only-remaining-slab-implementation.patch removed from -mm tree

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The quilt patch titled
Subject: kasan: docs: SLUB is the only remaining slab implementation
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
kasan-docs-slub-is-the-only-remaining-slab-implementation.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <[email protected]>
Subject: kasan: docs: SLUB is the only remaining slab implementation
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 13:04:16 +0100

We have only the SLUB implementation left in the kernel (referred to as "slab"). Therefore, there is nothing special regarding KASAN modes when it comes to the slab allocator anymore.

Drop the stale comment regarding differing SLUB vs. SLAB support.

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 Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst |    3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst renamed from Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst~kasan-docs-slub-is-the-only-remaining-slab-implementation +0 -3
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ Software Tag-Based KASAN supports slab,
 Hardware Tag-Based KASAN supports slab, page_alloc, and non-executable vmalloc
 memory.
 
-For slab, both software KASAN modes support SLUB and SLAB allocators, while
-Hardware Tag-Based KASAN only supports SLUB.
-
 Usage
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