linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v15 7/7] mm: Don't split THP page when syscall is called

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Message-ID: <53F2B221.5070107@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 18 Aug 2014 22:10:41 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Jason Evans <je@...com>,
	zhangyanfei@...fujitsu.com,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 7/7] mm: Don't split THP page when syscall is called

On 08/17/2014 08:17 PM, Minchan Kim wrote:
> We don't need to split THP page when MADV_FREE syscall is
> called. It could be done when VM decide really frees it so
> we could avoid unnecessary THP split.
>
> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
> Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>

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