Thread (21 messages) 21 messages, 4 authors, 2012-09-13

Re: [PATCH v3 10/10] thp: implement refcounting for huge zero page

From: Kirill A. Shutemov <hidden>
Date: 2012-09-13 17:38:07
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On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 07:16:13PM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
Hi Kirill,

On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 01:07:53PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
quoted
-	hpage = alloc_pages(GFP_TRANSHUGE | __GFP_ZERO, HPAGE_PMD_ORDER);
The page is likely as large as a pageblock so it's unlikely to create
much fragmentation even if the __GFP_MOVABLE is set. Said that I guess
it would be more correct if __GFP_MOVABLE was clear, like
(GFP_TRANSHUGE | __GFP_ZERO) & ~__GFP_MOVABLE because this page isn't
really movable (it's only reclaimable).
Good point. I'll update the patchset.
The xchg vs xchgcmp locking also looks good.

Reviewed-by: Andrea Arcangeli <redacted>
Is it for the whole patchset? :)

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov

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