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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm: split thp synchronously on MADV_DONTNEED
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On 23.11.21 18:17, Shakeel Butt wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 8:57 AM David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> wrote:
>>
> [...]
>>>>
>>>> I do wonder which these locking contexts are exactly, and if we could
>>>> also do the same thing on ordinary munmap -- because I assume it can be
>>>> similarly problematic for some applications.
>>>
>>> This is a good question regarding munmap. One main difference is
>>> munmap takes mmap_lock in write mode and usually performance critical
>>> applications avoid such operations.
>>
>> Maybe we can extend it too most page zapping, if that makes things simpler.
>>
>
> Do you mean doing sync THP split for most of page zapping functions
> (but only if that makes things simpler)?
>

Yes -- if there are no downsides.

--
Thanks,

David / dhildenb

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