Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:44:41 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] kernel parameter vmalloc size fix |
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Ingo Molnar wrote: > > hm. Why dont we instead add the size of the hole to the > __VMALLOC_RESERVE value instead? There's nothing inherently bad about > using vmalloc=16m. The VM area hole is really a kernel-internal > abstraction that should not be visible in the usage of the parameter. >
Well, the question is are we taking it away from RAM or away from vmalloc... there aren't really any other alternatives.
-hpa
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