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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 3/9] mm, page_owner: convert page_owner_inited to static key
On Tue 24-11-15 13:36:15, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> CONFIG_PAGE_OWNER attempts to impose negligible runtime overhead when enabled
> during compilation, but not actually enabled during runtime by boot param
> page_owner=on. This overhead can be further reduced using the static key
> mechanism, which this patch does.

Is this really worth doing? If we do not have jump labels then the check
will be atomic rather than a simple access, so it would be more costly,
no? Or am I missing something?
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs


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