Re: [PATCH 0/8] Introduce a huge-page pre-zeroing mechanism

From: Frank van der Linden
Date: Fri Dec 26 2025 - 16:42:33 EST


Is there any situation where you would write anything else than 'max'
to the new sysfs file? E.g. in which scenarios does it make sense to
*not* pre-zero all freed hugetlb folios? There doesn't seem to be a
point to just doing a certain number. You can't know for sure if the
number you read will remain correct, as it's just a snapshot. So how
would you determine a correct number other than 'max'?

- Frank