linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 6/7] mm: make clear_huge_page cache clear only around the fault address

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Message-ID: <20120816194210.GR11188@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:42:10 +0200
From:	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
To:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
Cc:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Alex Shi <alex.shu@...el.com>,
	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>,
	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-sh@...r.kernel.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/7] mm: make clear_huge_page cache clear only around
 the fault address

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 09:37:25PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 08:29:44PM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 07:43:56PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > > Hm.. I think with static_key we can avoid cache overhead here. I'll try.
> > 
> > Could you elaborate on the static_key? Is it some sort of self
> > modifying code?
> 
> Runtime code patching. See Documentation/static-keys.txt. We can patch it
> on sysctl.

I guessed it had to be patching the code, thanks for the
pointer. It looks a perfect fit for this one agreed.
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