Re: [PATCH 2/2] Revert "mm, thp: restore node-local hugepage allocations"

Michal Hocko
2019-07-31T08:17:30Z

On Tue 30-07-19 11:05:44, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:11:27 +0200 Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> > On Thu 23-05-19 17:57:37, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > [...]
> > > It does appear to me that this patch does more good than harm for the
> > > totality of kernel users, so I'm inclined to push it through and to try
> > > to talk Linus out of reverting it again.
> >
> > What is the status here?
>
> I doesn't seem that the mooted alternatives will be happening any time
> soon,
>
> I would like a version of this patch which has a changelog which fully
> describes our reasons for reapplying the reverted revert.

http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190503223146.2312-3-aarcange@redhat.com went
in great details IMHO about the previous decision as well as adverse
effect on swapout. Do you have any suggestions on what is missing there?

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs