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This behavior, for example, allows for > disabling THPs for a workload through the launching process (e.g., > systemd where we fork() a helper process to then exec()). > > There is currently not way to prevent that a process will not issue > PR_SET_THP_DISABLE itself to re-enable THP. We could add a "seal" option > to PR_SET_THP_DISABLE through another flag if ever required. The known > users (such as redis) really use PR_SET_THP_DISABLE to disable THPs, so > that is not added for now. I don't think there is any user that would try re-enabling THPs through that interface. It's kind-of against the original purpose (man page): "Setting this flag provides a method for disabling transparent huge pages for jobs where the code cannot be modified ..." So if ever really required, one could investigate forbidding re-enabling once disabled. But that obviously needs more investigation. (also, if a workload ever enables THPs through that mechanism, probably it is to blame) -- Cheers, David / dhildenb