linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/i915: Stop reconfiguring our shmemfs mountpoint

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Date:   Thu, 8 Aug 2019 14:56:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
To:     Chris Wilson <chris@...is-wilson.co.uk>
cc:     intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Matthew Auld <matthew.auld@...el.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/i915: Stop reconfiguring our shmemfs mountpoint

On Thu, 8 Aug 2019, Chris Wilson wrote:
> +	 * By creating our own shmemfs mountpoint, we can pass in
> +	 * mount flags that better match our usecase.
> +	 *
> +	 * One example, although it is probably better with a per-file
> +	 * control, is selecting huge page allocations ("huge=within").

s/within/within_size/

Not that either of us is recommending that direction,
but since it's mentioned, better to give the correct name.

> +	 * Currently unused due to bandwidth issues (slow reads) on Broadwell+.

Thanks,
Hugh