Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:37:23 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] Virtual huge zero page |
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On 10/01/2012 10:36 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 10:33:12AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> Overall, I'm okay with either as long as we don't lock down 2 MB when >> there isn't a huge zero page in use. > > Is shinker-reclaimable huge zero page okay for you? >
Yes, I'm fine with that. However, I'm curious about the relative benefit versus virtual hzp from a performance perspective, on an application where hzp actually matters.
One can otherwise argue that if hzp doesn't matter for except in a small number of cases that we shouldn't use it at all.
-hpa
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