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Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 21:06:30 -0500 (EST)
From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To: nitin.m.gupta@...cle.com
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] sparc64: Multi-page size support
From: Nitin Gupta <nitin.m.gupta@...cle.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 14:09:28 -0800
> Add support for using multiple hugepage sizes simultaneously
> on mainline. Currently, support for 256M has been added which
> can be used along with 8M pages.
>
> Page tables are set like this (e.g. for 256M page):
> VA + (8M * x) -> PA + (8M * x) (sz bit = 256M) where x in [0, 31]
>
> and TSB is set similarly:
> VA + (4M * x) -> PA + (4M * x) (sz bit = 256M) where x in [0, 63]
>
> - Testing
>
> Tested on Sonoma (which supports 256M pages) by running stream
> benchmark instances in parallel: one instance uses 8M pages and
> another uses 256M pages, consuming 48G each.
>
> Boot params used:
>
> default_hugepagesz=256M hugepagesz=256M hugepages=300 hugepagesz=8M
> hugepages=10000
>
> Signed-off-by: Nitin Gupta <nitin.m.gupta@...cle.com>
Applied.
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