From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from psmtp.com (na3sys010amx117.postini.com [74.125.245.117]) by kanga.kvack.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 45DEF6B0073 for ; Mon, 1 Oct 2012 13:52:08 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <5069D846.6000104@linux.intel.com> Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:52:06 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Virtual huge zero page References: <1348875441-19561-1-git-send-email-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> <20120929134811.GC26989@redhat.com> <5069B804.6040902@linux.intel.com> <20121001163118.GC18051@redhat.com> <5069CCF9.7040309@linux.intel.com> <20121001172624.GD18051@redhat.com> <5069D3D8.9070805@linux.intel.com> <20121001173604.GC20915@shutemov.name> <5069D4D3.1040003@linux.intel.com> <20121001174420.GA21490@shutemov.name> In-Reply-To: <20121001174420.GA21490@shutemov.name> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: To: "Kirill A. Shutemov" Cc: Andrea Arcangeli , "Kirill A. Shutemov" , Andrew Morton , linux-mm@kvack.org, Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann , Ingo Molnar , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org On 10/01/2012 10:44 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 10:37:23AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> One can otherwise argue that if hzp doesn't matter for except in a small >> number of cases that we shouldn't use it at all. > > These small number of cases can easily trigger OOM if THP is enabled. :) > And that doesn't happen in any conditions that *aren't* helped by hzp? -hpa -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org