Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:13:33 -0700 (PDT) | From | Christoph Lameter <> | Subject | Re: [00/41] Large Blocksize Support V7 (adds memmap support) |
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On Tue, 11 Sep 2007, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> But the whole point is that with the config_page_shift, Nick's worst > case scenario can't happen by design regardless of defrag or not > defrag. While it can _definitely_ happen with SGI design (regardless > of any defrag thing). We can still try to save some memory by > defragging the slab a bit, but it's by far *not* required with > config_page_shift. No defrag at all is required infact.
Which worst case scenario? So far this is all a bit foggy.
> Let's see how good the mmap support for variable order page size will > work after the 2 weeks...
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