Re: [RFC PATCH 00/16] 1GB THP support on x86_64

[Rik van Riel]

On Wed, 2020-09-09 at 09:04 +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Tue 08-09-20 10:41:10, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > On Tue, 2020-09-08 at 16:35 +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > 
> > > A global knob is insufficient. 1G pages will become a very
> > > precious
> > > resource as it requires a pre-allocation (reservation). So it
> > > really
> > > has
> > > to be an opt-in and the question is whether there is also some
> > > sort
> > > of
> > > access control needed.
> > 
> > The 1GB pages do not require that much in the way of
> > pre-allocation. The memory can be obtained through CMA,
> > which means it can be used for movable 4kB and 2MB
> > allocations when not
> > being used for 1GB pages.
> 
> That CMA has to be pre-reserved, right? That requires a
> configuration.

To some extent, yes.

However, because that pool can be used for movable
4kB and 2MB
pages as well as for 1GB pages, it would be easy to just set
the size of that pool to eg. 1/3 or even 1/2 of memory for every
system.

It isn't like the pool needs to be the exact right size. We
just need to avoid the "highmem problem" of having too little
memory for kernel allocations.

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