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| From | Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCHv2 15/28] thp: handle file COW faults |
| Date | 2016-02-12 19:40 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <r1qNm-2ew-57@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <r10pQ-1zg-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <r10pQ-1zg-9@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On 02/11/2016 06:21 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > File COW for THP is handled on pte level: just split the pmd. More changelog. More comments, please. We don't want to COW THP's because we'll waste memory? A COW that we could handle with 4k, we would have to handle with 2M, and that's inefficient and high-latency? Seems like a good idea to me. It would just be nice to ensure every reviewer doesn't have to think their way through it.
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[PATCHv2 15/28] thp: handle file COW faults "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2016-02-11 15:30 +0100
Re: [PATCHv2 15/28] thp: handle file COW faults Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com> - 2016-02-12 19:40 +0100
Re: [PATCHv2 15/28] thp: handle file COW faults "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2016-02-16 11:10 +0100
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