linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: Pre-allocate p4d/pud pages for vmalloc area

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Date:   Fri, 26 Jun 2020 13:44:43 +0200
From:   Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>, x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: Pre-allocate p4d/pud pages for vmalloc area

On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 01:32:15PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> That is, this is boot time only, right? clone() would return -ENOMEM, as
> it's part of the normal page-table copy.

Yes, the pre-allocation happens shortly after the buddy allocator took
over from bootmem. I don't quite get what clone() has to do with it.


	Joerg