Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] mm: vmalloc: Let user to control huge vmalloc default behavior
From: Kefeng Wang <hidden>
Date: 2022-01-19 13:44:28
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From: Kefeng Wang <hidden>
Date: 2022-01-19 13:44:28
Also in:
linux-arm-kernel, linux-doc, linux-mm, lkml
On 2022/1/19 21:22, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 08:57:58PM +0800, Kefeng Wang wrote:quoted
Only parts of our products wants this feature, we add some interfaces which only alloc hugevmalloc for them, eg, vmap_hugepage/vmalloc_hugepage/remap_vmalloc_hugepage_range.. for our products, but it's not the choice of most products, also add nohugevmalloc for most products is expensive, so this is the reason for adding the patch. more config/cmdline are more flexible for test/products,But why do only some products want it? What goes wrong if all products enable it? Features should be auto-tuning, not relying on admins to understand them.
Because this feature will use more memory for vmalloc/vmap, that's why we add some explicit interfaces as said above in our kernel to control the user.