From: Usama Arif <usamaarif642@gmail.com>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net, rppt@kernel.org,
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lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com, Liam.Howlett@oracle.com,
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Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
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linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] docs: transhuge: document process level THP controls
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2025 13:09:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4cb3dbf4-87bb-4946-8e43-36dcb5d9fefe@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7828753c-98fc-4f96-bf7c-0d94f3b99e4b@redhat.com>
On 05/08/2025 11:24, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 04.08.25 17:40, Usama Arif wrote:
>> This includes the PR_SET_THP_DISABLE/PR_GET_THP_DISABLE pair of
>> prctl calls as well the newly introduced PR_THP_DISABLE_EXCEPT_ADVISED
>> flag for the PR_SET_THP_DISABLE prctl call.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usamaarif642@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
>> index 370fba113460..a36a04394ff5 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.rst
>> @@ -225,6 +225,44 @@ to "always" or "madvise"), and it'll be automatically shutdown when
>> PMD-sized THP is disabled (when both the per-size anon control and the
>> top-level control are "never")
>> +process THP controls
>> +--------------------
>> +
>> +A process can control its own THP behaviour using the ``PR_SET_THP_DISABLE``
>> +and ``PR_GET_THP_DISABLE`` pair of prctl(2) calls. These calls support the
>> +following arguments::
>> +
>
> Not sure if we really want to talk about MMF_ internals.
>
Thanks! have changed it for the next revision according to your suggestions.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-05 12:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-04 15:40 [PATCH v3 0/6] prctl: extend PR_SET_THP_DISABLE to only provide THPs when advised Usama Arif
2025-08-04 15:40 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] prctl: extend PR_SET_THP_DISABLE to optionally exclude VM_HUGEPAGE Usama Arif
2025-08-04 15:40 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] mm/huge_memory: convert "tva_flags" to "enum tva_type" Usama Arif
2025-08-05 1:41 ` Baolin Wang
2025-08-05 14:35 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-04 15:40 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] mm/huge_memory: respect MADV_COLLAPSE with PR_THP_DISABLE_EXCEPT_ADVISED Usama Arif
2025-08-05 1:49 ` Baolin Wang
2025-08-05 14:43 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-05 15:08 ` Usama Arif
2025-08-04 15:40 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] docs: transhuge: document process level THP controls Usama Arif
2025-08-05 10:24 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-08-05 12:09 ` Usama Arif [this message]
2025-08-05 15:08 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-04 15:40 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] selftests: prctl: introduce tests for disabling THPs completely Usama Arif
2025-08-05 10:30 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-08-05 12:13 ` Usama Arif
2025-08-05 12:16 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-08-05 12:39 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-08-05 12:46 ` Usama Arif
2025-08-05 12:55 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-08-05 14:26 ` Usama Arif
2025-08-05 14:32 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-08-04 15:40 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] selftests: prctl: introduce tests for disabling THPs except for madvise Usama Arif
2025-08-05 10:36 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-08-05 12:19 ` Usama Arif
2025-08-05 12:29 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-08-05 12:31 ` Usama Arif
2025-08-04 15:46 ` [PATCH v3 0/6] prctl: extend PR_SET_THP_DISABLE to only provide THPs when advised Usama Arif
2025-08-13 6:06 ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2025-08-13 8:07 ` Usama Arif
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