lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2018]   [Oct]   [4]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH] mm, proc: report PR_SET_THP_DISABLE in proc
On Wed, 3 Oct 2018, Michal Hocko wrote:

> > > So how about this? (not tested yet but it should be pretty
> > > straightforward)
> >
> > Umm, prctl(PR_GET_THP_DISABLE)?
>
> /me confused. I thought you want to query for the flag on a
> _different_ process.

Why would we want to check three locations (system wide setting, prctl
setting, madvise setting) to determine if a heap can be backed by thp?

If the nh flag being exported to VmFlag is to be extended beyond what my
patch did, I suggest (1) it does it for the system wide setting as well
and/or (2) calling a helper function to determine if the vma could be
backed by thp in the first place regardless of any setting to determine if
nh/hg is important.

The last thing I suggest is done is adding a third place to check.

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2018-10-04 00:51    [W:0.275 / U:0.820 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site