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SubjectRe: [PATCHv4 08/25] thp: support file pages in zap_huge_pmd()
On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 07:23:41PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> writes:
>
> > [ text/plain ]
> > split_huge_pmd() for file mappings (and DAX too) is implemented by just
> > clearing pmd entry as we can re-fill this area from page cache on pte
> > level later.
> >
> > This means we don't need deposit page tables when file THP is mapped.
> > Therefore we shouldn't try to withdraw a page table on zap_huge_pmd()
> > file THP PMD.
>
> Archs like ppc64 use deposited page table to track the hardware page
> table slot information. We probably may want to add hooks which arch can
> use to achieve the same even with file THP

Could you describe more on what kind of information you're talking about?

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Kirill A. Shutemov

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