• References
  • The slab allocators of past, present, and future - Vlastimil Babka
  • Reducing the Kernel's Slab Allocators: Progress Report - Vlastimil Babka, SUSE
  • SL[AUO]B: Kernel memory allocator design and philosophy

References

Note that confusingly a slab allocator can refer to:

1. A generic term for object pool based memory allocators: includes SLAB, SLOB and SLUB. When used in this context, it is usually in plural form (slab allocators).
2. The SLAB allocator: a predecessor of the SLOB allocator.

The title slab allocators here refers to 1.

The slab allocators of past, present, and future - Vlastimil Babka

Reducing the Kernel's Slab Allocators: Progress Report - Vlastimil Babka, SUSE

SL[AUO]B: Kernel memory allocator design and philosophy