Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Jul 2013 11:49:36 -0400 | From | Naoya Horiguchi <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] extend hugepage migration |
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On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 05:33:32PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 05:34:24PM -0400, Naoya Horiguchi wrote: > > Here is the 3rd version of hugepage migration patchset. > > I rebased it onto v3.11-rc1 and applied most of your feedbacks. > > > > Some works referred to in previous discussion (shown below) are not included > > in this patchset, but likely to be done after this work. > > - using page walker in check_range > > - split page table lock for pmd/pud based hugepage (maybe applicable to thp) > > I did a quick read through the patchkit and it looks all good to me. > It also closes a long standing gap. Thanks! > > Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Thank you. Can I add your Ack on the whole series?
> > Hugepage migration of 1GB hugepage is not enabled for now, because > > I'm not sure whether users of 1GB hugepage really want it. > > We need to spare free hugepage in order to do migration, but I don't > > think that users want to 1GB memory to idle for that purpose > > (currently we can't expand/shrink 1GB hugepage pool after boot). > > I think we'll need 1GB migration sooner or later. As memory sizes > go up 1GB use will be more common, and the limitation of not > expanding/shrinking 1GB will be eventually fixed. > > It would be just a straight forward extension of your patchkit, > right?
Right, I'm preparing for 1GB hugepages migration, but it's still lack of testing.
Thanks, Naoya
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