Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] mm, proc: report PR_SET_THP_DISABLE in proc

[William Kucharski]

> On Nov 27, 2018, at 6:17 AM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> This is only about the process wide flag to disable THP. I do not see
> how this can be alighnement related. I suspect you wanted to ask in the
> smaps patch?

No, answered below.

> 
>> I'm having to deal with both these issues in the text page THP
>> prototype I've been working on for some time now.
> 
> Could you be more specific about the issue and how the alignment comes
> into the game? The only thing I can think of is to not report VMAs
> smaller than the THP as eligible. Is this what you are looking for?

Basically, if the faulting VA is one that cannot be mapped with a THP
due to alignment or size constraints, it may be "eligible" for THP
mapping but ultimately can't be.

I was just double checking that this was meant to be more of a check done
before code elsewhere performs additional checks and does the actual THP
mapping, not an all-encompassing go/no go check for THP mapping.

    Thanks,
         William Kucharski