Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm: Make alloc_contig_range handle free hugetlb pages
From: Michal Hocko
Date: Wed Feb 17 2021 - 09:00:52 EST
On Wed 17-02-21 14:53:37, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 17.02.21 14:50, Michal Hocko wrote:
[...]
> > Do we have any real life examples? Or does this fall more into, let's
> > optimize an existing implementation category.
> >
>
> It's a big TODO item I have on my list and I am happy that Oscar is looking
> into it. So yes, I noticed it while working on virtio-mem. It's real.
Do not take me wrong, I am not opposing to the functionality. I am
asking for the specific usecase.
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs