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From: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
To: sunil bhargo <marx_bhargav@yahoo.com>,
	"linux-mm@kvack.org" <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Cc: "mounesh.b@gmail.com" <mounesh.b@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Request for clarification regarding huge pages and remapping of virtual to physical address
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:00:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e0d259cc-4755-46be-a6f5-0166ccee3443@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1998899028.91244.1713348575745@mail.yahoo.com>

On 17.04.24 12:09, sunil bhargo wrote:
> David,
> Thanks for your response. So if i get it right then reserving the memory 
> at boot time with/without the huge page, the page migration can happen ?

I *think* even hugetlb folios allocated/reserved during early boot can 
be migrated in memory later. The chance of that happening is small, 
though. Or I might be wrong :)

Migration of gigantic huge pages (e.g., 1 GiB) is even more unlikely to 
happen.

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb



      reply	other threads:[~2024-04-17 15:00 UTC|newest]

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     [not found] <245378552.87900.1713345083646.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2024-04-17  9:11 ` Request for clarification regarding huge pages and remapping of virtual to physical address sunil bhargo
2024-04-17  9:17   ` David Hildenbrand
2024-04-17 10:09     ` sunil bhargo
2024-04-17 15:00       ` David Hildenbrand [this message]

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