Re: [PATCH 36/63] mm: numa: Only trap pmd hinting faults if we wouldotherwise trap PTE faults

From: Rik van Riel
Date: Mon Oct 07 2013 - 15:06:33 EST


On 10/07/2013 06:29 AM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> Base page PMD faulting is meant to batch handle NUMA hinting faults from
> PTEs. However, even is no PTE faults would ever be handled within a
> range the kernel still traps PMD hinting faults. This patch avoids the
> overhead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>

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