linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/4] mm: completely disable THP by transparent

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:10:42 +0800
From:	Amerigo Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Amerigo Wang <amwang@...hat.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <jweiner@...hat.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/4] mm: completely disable THP by transparent_hugepage=0

Introduce "transparent_hugepage=0" to totally disable THP.
"transparent_hugepage=never" means setting THP to be partially
disabled, we need a new way to totally disable it.

Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@...hat.com>
---
 Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt |    3 ++-
 mm/huge_memory.c               |   12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt
index 0924aac..43c4d53 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ for each pass:
 You can change the sysfs boot time defaults of Transparent Hugepage
 Support by passing the parameter "transparent_hugepage=always" or
 "transparent_hugepage=madvise" or "transparent_hugepage=never"
-(without "") to the kernel command line.
+(without "") to the kernel command line. To totally disable this
+feature, pass "transparent_hugepage=0".
 
 == Need of application restart ==
 
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 81532f2..e4a4f2b 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -488,6 +488,8 @@ static struct attribute_group khugepaged_attr_group = {
 };
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
 
+static int no_hugepage_init;
+
 static int __init hugepage_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
@@ -501,6 +503,13 @@ static int __init hugepage_init(void)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	if (no_hugepage_init) {
+		err = 0;
+		transparent_hugepage_flags = 0;
+		printk(KERN_INFO "hugepage: totally disabled\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	hugepage_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("transparent_hugepage", mm_kobj);
@@ -572,6 +581,9 @@ static int __init setup_transparent_hugepage(char *str)
 		clear_bit(TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_REQ_MADV_FLAG,
 			  &transparent_hugepage_flags);
 		ret = 1;
+	} else if (!strcmp(str, "0")) {
+		no_hugepage_init = 1;
+		ret = 1;
 	}
 out:
 	if (!ret)
-- 
1.7.4.4

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