Re: xfs: Xen/HPT related regression in v6.6
From: Petr Vaněk
Date: Tue Nov 05 2024 - 04:27:49 EST
On Tue, Nov 05, 2024 at 08:55:17AM +0000, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> >> At least years ago, this feature was not available in XEN PV guests [1].
> > Yes, as I understand it, the hugepages are not available in my Xen
> > guest.
>
> Xen PV guests are strictly 4k-only.
>
> Xen HVM guests (using normal VT-x/SVM hardware support) have all page
> sizes available.
>
> But lucky to find this thread. We've had several reports and no luck
> isolating what changed.
I am happy to hear that :) It was partially my intention to inform
others because I spent some time isolating it.
Cheers,
Petr