Thread (49 messages) 49 messages, 6 authors, 2021-08-19

Re: [PATCH 1/5] mm: Add support for unaccepted memory

From: Andi Kleen <hidden>
Date: 2021-08-10 18:31:27
Also in: linux-mm, lkml

So, this is right in the fast path of the page allocator.  It's a
one-time thing per 2M page, so it's not permanent.

*But* there's both a global spinlock and a firmware call hidden in
clear_page_offline().  That's *GOT* to hurt if you were, for instance,
running a benchmark while this code path is being tickled.  Not just to

That could be just downright catastrophic for scalability, albeit
temporarily
This would be only a short blib at initialization until the system 
reaches steady state. So yes it would be temporary, but very short at that.

-Andi
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