Re: [PATCH 00/49] mm: Generalize vmemmap optimization for DAX and HugeTLB
From: David Hildenbrand (arm)
Date: Mon Apr 06 2026 - 16:00:11 EST
On 4/5/26 14:51, Muchun Song wrote:
Overview:
This patch series generalizes the HugeTLB Vmemmap Optimization (HVO)
into a generic vmemmap optimization framework that can be used by both
HugeTLB and DAX.
Background:
Currently, the vmemmap optimization feature is highly coupled with
HugeTLB. However, DAX also has similar requirements for optimizing vmemmap
pages to save memory.
guest_memfd also wants to make use of this (e.g., through folios allocated from hugetlb, where it might have to undo HVO).
CCing Ackerley.
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Cheers,
David