linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86/mm changes for v5.10

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wi8txKwKjZ-2ZOVEoEePaiSXfEAsj5druEZqH1asmpPXQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 13 Oct 2020 08:53:24 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86/mm changes for v5.10

On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 1:06 AM Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de> wrote:
>
> So pre-allocating has its implications. If we decide to pre-allocate on
> x86-32 too, then we should be prepared for that fall-out of the higher
> memory usage.

Ok, fair enough. Probably not worth worrying about then, particularly
since 32-bit x86 is becoming  more and more just legacy.

           Linus