Use __GFP_COMP for gigantic folios can greatly reduce not only the
amount of code but also the allocation and free time.
Approximate LOC to mm/hugetlb.c: +60, -240
Allocate and free 500 1GB hugeTLB memory without HVO by:
time echo 500 >/sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-1048576kB/nr_hugepagesThanks,
time echo 0 >/sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-1048576kB/nr_hugepages
Before After
Alloc ~13s ~10s
Free ~15s <1s