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    SubjectRe: [tip:x86/mm] x86/boot/compressed/64: Describe the logic behind the LA57 check

    * Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> wrote:

    > > We can of course bike shed / benchmark this once my desktop refresh
    > > sports this feature, but ISTR this being one of the very first things
    > > Ingo mentioned when we started this whole 5L thing.
    >
    > I would rather not fix the problem that may not actually exist. :)

    That 5 level pagetables involve more overhead is a realy problem.

    By default we should only enable 5-level paging if memory mappings exist in
    the memory map that require the extended physical memory space.

    Thanks,

    Ingo

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