OK, that all sounds convincing ;) Please summarise and capture this
discussion in the [patch 0/n] changelog so we (or others) don't have to
go through this all again. And let's remember this in the next
patchset!
> Last, but not least, note that it is totally within my interests to
> merge the slab tracking as fast as we can. it'll be a matter of going
> back to it, and agreeing in the final form.
Yes, I'd very much like to have the whole slab implementation in a
reasonably mature state before proceeding too far with this base
patchset.