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From: Jeff Dike <jdike@karaya.com>
To: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Arch option to touch newly allocated pages
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 09:43:39 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200203051443.JAA02119@ccure.karaya.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 04 Mar 2002 23:28:06 EST." <20020304232806.A31622@redhat.com>

bcrl@redhat.com said:
> you only need to do the memsets once at  startup of UML where the ram
> is allocated -> a uml booted with 64MB of  ram would write into every
> page of the backing store file before even  running the kernel.
> Doesn't that accomplish the same thing?

The other reason I don't like this is that, at some point, I'd like to
start thinking about userspace cooperating with the kernel on memory
management.  UML looks like a perfect place to start since it's essentially
identical to the host making it easier for the two to bargain over memory.

Having UML react sanely to unbacked pages is a step in that direction, having
UML preemptively grab all the memory it could ever use isn't.

				Jeff


  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-03-05 14:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 96+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-03-03 21:12 [RFC] Arch option to touch newly allocated pages Jeff Dike
2002-03-03 22:01 ` Alan Cox
2002-03-03 23:27   ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-03 23:48     ` Alan Cox
2002-03-04  3:16       ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-04  3:35         ` Alan Cox
2002-03-04  5:04           ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-04 15:09             ` Alan Cox
2002-03-04 17:42               ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-04 18:29                 ` Alan Cox
2002-03-04 18:36                   ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-04 18:49                     ` Alan Cox
2002-03-04 20:46                       ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-04 22:49                         ` Alan Cox
2002-03-04 17:46             ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-04 18:34               ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-04 18:33                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-04 20:36                   ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-04 22:51                     ` Alan Cox
2002-03-05  4:15                       ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-05  4:28                         ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-03-05  4:40                           ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-05  5:34                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-05 14:43                               ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-05 16:37                                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-05 16:56                                   ` Wayne Whitney
2002-03-05 18:12                                   ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-05 18:30                                     ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-03-06 14:59                                       ` Daniel Phillips
2002-03-06 15:24                                         ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-03-06 15:24                                           ` Daniel Phillips
2002-03-06 16:36                                             ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-03-06 23:14                                               ` Daniel Phillips
2002-03-06 23:20                                                 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-03-06 23:26                                                   ` Daniel Phillips
2002-03-06 23:33                                                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-07  0:08                                                       ` Daniel Phillips
2002-03-07  1:27                                                   ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-07  1:52                                                     ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-03-08 19:17                                                       ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-08 21:22                                                         ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-03-07 13:49                                                     ` Alan Cox
2002-03-07 13:36                                                       ` Daniel Phillips
2002-03-07 14:04                                                         ` yodaiken
2002-03-07 14:21                                                           ` Daniel Phillips
2002-03-07 14:38                                                             ` yodaiken
2002-03-07 15:31                                                               ` Daniel Phillips
2002-03-07 16:50                                                                 ` yodaiken
2002-03-07 18:07                                                                   ` Daniel Phillips
2002-03-07 18:15                                                                     ` yodaiken
2002-03-07 19:22                                                                     ` Alan Cox
2002-03-07 22:43                                                                       ` David Woodhouse
2002-03-07 23:09                                                                         ` Alan Cox
2002-03-07 22:57                                                                           ` David Woodhouse
2002-03-07 14:43                                                             ` Alan Cox
2002-03-07 15:32                                                               ` Daniel Phillips
2002-03-07 16:19                                                                 ` Alan Cox
2002-03-07 17:54                                                                   ` Daniel Phillips
2002-03-07 15:34                                                               ` Daniel Phillips
2002-03-07 19:18                                                                 ` Andrew Morton
2002-03-07 20:10                                                                   ` Rik van Riel
2002-03-07 20:56                                                                     ` Andrew Morton
2002-03-07 21:23                                                                       ` Rik van Riel
2002-03-07 22:02                                                                         ` Andrew Morton
2002-03-07 22:10                                                                           ` Rik van Riel
2002-03-07 22:23                                                                             ` Andrew Morton
2002-03-07 22:27                                                                               ` Rik van Riel
2002-03-07 22:41                                                                                 ` Andrew Morton
2002-03-07 22:42                                                                                 ` David Lang
2002-03-06 16:03                                         ` Jesse Pollard
2002-03-06 17:08                                           ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-06 17:33                                             ` Alan Cox
2002-03-07  0:28                                               ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-07  0:44                                                 ` Alan Cox
2002-03-05 18:46                                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-06  1:30                                     ` Alan Cox
2002-03-06 10:49                                     ` David Woodhouse
2002-03-06 14:26                                       ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-06 16:50                                       ` Alan Cox
2002-03-06 20:25                                         ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-06 20:54                                           ` Alan Cox
2002-03-06 21:27                                             ` Malcolm Beattie
2002-03-06 23:26                                               ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-06 21:27                                           ` David Woodhouse
2002-03-06 22:25                                             ` Joseph Malicki
2002-03-07  0:04                                             ` Richard Gooch
2002-03-07  0:28                                             ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-07  0:44                                               ` Alan Cox
2002-03-06 22:21                                         ` Pavel Machek
2002-03-07 11:30                                           ` Dave Jones
2002-03-07 18:21                                           ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-05 14:43                           ` Jeff Dike [this message]
2002-03-05 16:57                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-05 18:14                               ` Jeff Dike
2002-03-05 18:45                                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-03-05 17:30                             ` Jan Harkes

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