# Linux 7.4 Merges Slab Updates With A Nice Performance Improvement

> **Key takeaway:** The slab pull request was just merged for Linux 7.4.

**Published:** 2026-10-23T20:27:50+00:00 
**Source:** Phoronix Benchmarks & Drivers 
**Category:** kernel-os 
**Canonical URL:** https://fosswire.org/news/linux-74-merges-slab-updates-with-a-nice-performance-improve.html 

## Summary
The slab pull request was just merged for Linux 7.4. For end users nothing too incredibly exciting but there is one change that does yield a 24% throughput improvement in a benchmark exercising the kernel's memory management subsystem...