linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/4] hugetlb: parallelize hugetlb page allocation on boot

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Message-ID: <c05cc9a8-bcb7-4292-80e4-abb2bc74cf4c@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2023 09:09:51 +0100
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Gang Li <ligang.bdlg@...edance.com>
Cc:     Gang Li <gang.li@...ux.dev>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Muchun Song <muchun.song@...ux.dev>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/4] hugetlb: parallelize hugetlb page allocation
 on boot

On 28.11.23 07:52, Gang Li wrote:
> Hi David Hildenbrand :),
> 
> On 2023/11/23 22:10, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> Sorry to say, but why is that a scenario worth adding complexity for /
>> optimizing for? You don't cover that, so there is a clear lack in the
>> motivation.
> 
> Regarding your concern about complexity, this is indeed something to
> consider. There is a precedent of parallelization in pgdata[1] which
> might be reused (or other methods) to reduce the complexity of this
> series.

Yes, please!

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb