From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6B7D2C61D97 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2023 16:18:42 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Post: List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:References: Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Owner; bh=Yt3monI8zbbe+MW9ceQQkuMMJNqO/P25ePsBdq5JQJQ=; b=FVMAJo1tXTYe6Q cJJsJp1i2O2Fl+U/TF0LjQNaNHziORo8uQ18BcoeBwk1151dHDFE7p/uuNGYBsIAHsTHN1C3OI85g aKLP4d9u35NwPTqLh+F+ymSHone5TyB3Bi7MArOPgW8q2thQEqUMv+6BqoG9/3ZIqsZSx9xafP+AL 4Sp1dOieVyZSxalV3NSJ+DQv2MRGIevs0TyMgT+ODYzb4NlorHZS4bjVHuE0BL6X9w+ODZCKGucMB bkUSls9jB0A3TfTNRMVBclBTtUTSFTyVursqZEm9OHBtgnBbumtON+8MoGOU8Qs0B3IWvSnKPJYVL QgyeUcy0tdeiXjgunIcw==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1r6CPD-005H4j-1T; Thu, 23 Nov 2023 16:18:19 +0000 Received: from casper.infradead.org ([2001:8b0:10b:1236::1]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.96 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1r6CPC-005H44-2f for linux-arm-kernel@bombadil.infradead.org; Thu, 23 Nov 2023 16:18:18 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=casper.20170209; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version: References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=NNXxUTG8R40OhSLEVqBzS0dsS0Q8Pyvv4LmU/l+X8xE=; b=DTzQfItoUoWrSdgivicSkvfHbk LuUFl8J3TpwDSmzjNwoL7SR5i10AH+GQj/0ABB152Vd0/Xu4FU6jZjLoHCq9b25WXyeQ+lcX8PtZs Ksqha9OpHt+USc2a2yA70A5n1LBpfihkLr+YDZLR95g3xb28rMij4zqgYDCFLA2ws3Fp2ND6WOB31 1rXaEUOY4NEI05mQyt8E+qAhw+qNs5k8YmJDN5dZ6w6J69cMAKRZIv8nIwHp2849WSKCOgzKK4bPv knCoYeilABV/xwstcKYlvqnD3EIKKmFEMEguPr2EyT3tnpjHAdBgUyoyRI0rA5a1GTg6zQ9U4op+c gJ/9F1rw==; Received: from willy by casper.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.94.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1r6CP6-007hXJ-21; Thu, 23 Nov 2023 16:18:12 +0000 Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 16:18:12 +0000 From: Matthew Wilcox To: David Hildenbrand Cc: Ryan Roberts , Andrew Morton , Yin Fengwei , Yu Zhao , Catalin Marinas , Anshuman Khandual , Yang Shi , "Huang, Ying" , Zi Yan , Luis Chamberlain , Itaru Kitayama , "Kirill A. Shutemov" , John Hubbard , David Rientjes , Vlastimil Babka , Hugh Dickins , Kefeng Wang , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v7 00/10] Small-sized THP for anonymous memory Message-ID: References: <20231122162950.3854897-1-ryan.roberts@arm.com> <7f76ee6c-f0e6-443b-bcff-3637895dec66@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7f76ee6c-f0e6-443b-bcff-3637895dec66@redhat.com> X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 05:05:37PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote: > On 23.11.23 16:59, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 04:29:40PM +0000, Ryan Roberts wrote: > > > Note: I'm resending this at Andrew's suggestion due to having originally sent > > > it during LPC. I'm hoping its in a position where the feedback is minor enough > > > that I can rework in time for v6.8, but so far haven't had any. > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > This is v7 of a series to implement small-sized THP for anonymous memory > > > (previously called "large anonymous folios"). The objective of this is to > > > > I'm still against small-sized THP. We've now got people asking whether > > the THP counters should be updated when dealing with large folios that > > are smaller than PMD sized. It's sowing confusion, and we should go > > back to large anon folios as a name. > > > > I disagree. > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/65dbdf2a-9281-a3c3-b7e3-a79c5b60b357@redhat.com/ And yet: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20231106193315.GB3661273@cmpxchg.org/ "This is a small THP so we don't account it as a THP, we only account normal THPs as THPs" is a bizarre position to take. Not to mention that saying a foo is a small huge baz is just bizarre. Am I a small giant? Or just a large human? _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel