linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mm: hugetlb: optionally allocate gigantic hugepages using cma

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Date:   Tue, 10 Mar 2020 11:56:52 -0700
From:   Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>
To:     Andreas Schaufler <andreas.schaufler@....de>
CC:     Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <kernel-team@...com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm: hugetlb: optionally allocate gigantic hugepages
 using cma

On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 07:54:58PM +0100, Andreas Schaufler wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> sorry for bumping into this discussion, but this is exactly the feature
> I am currently looking for on ARM64. You may browse under
> linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org for a message I posted there recently.
> 
> I read somewhere in this thread that it should be easily portable to
> other architectures than x86. I am ready to give it a try, but I would
> need a few pointers where to hook in in the ARM64 code.

I'll try to add arm support in the next version and will really
appreciate if you'll be able to test it.

Thanks!