linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] mm: why vfree() do not free page table memory?

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Message-ID: <20180117141704.GA10398@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date:   Wed, 17 Jan 2018 06:17:04 -0800
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@...wei.com>
Cc:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "Wujiangtao (A)" <wu.wujiangtao@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] mm: why vfree() do not free page table memory?

On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 05:48:57PM +0800, Xishi Qiu wrote:
> > Did you notice an actual issue, or is this just theoretical concern.
> 
> Yes, we have this problem on our production line.
> I find the page table memory takes 200-300M.

200MB?  That's mapping 800GB of virtual address space.  That must be
quite the module you're loading there ...