linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel parameter vmalloc size fix

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Date:	Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:44:41 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel parameter vmalloc size fix

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> hm. Why dont we instead add the size of the hole to the 
> __VMALLOC_RESERVE value instead? There's nothing inherently bad about 
> using vmalloc=16m. The VM area hole is really a kernel-internal 
> abstraction that should not be visible in the usage of the parameter.
> 

Well, the question is are we taking it away from RAM or away from 
vmalloc... there aren't really any other alternatives.

	-hpa
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