Re: [PATCH] mm: shmem/tmpfs hugepage defaults config choice

[Michal Hocko]

On Thu 23-10-25 18:12:02, Dmitry Ilvokhin wrote:
> Allow to override defaults for shemem and tmpfs at config time. This is
> consistent with how transparent hugepages can be configured.
> 
> Same results can be achieved with the existing
> 'transparent_hugepage_shmem' and 'transparent_hugepage_tmpfs' settings
> in the kernel command line, but it is more convenient to define basic
> settings at config time instead of changing kernel command line later.

Being consistent is usually nice but you are not telling us _who_ is
going to benefit from this. Increasing the config space is not really
free. So please focus on Why do we need it rather than it is consistent
argument.

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs