Re: [PATCH] hugetlb: powerpc: Actively close unused htlb regions on vma close

On Fri, 2 Jun 2006, Adam Litke wrote:

> The real reason I want to "close" hugetlb regions (even on 64bit
> platforms) is so a process can replace a previous hugetlb mapping with
> normal pages when huge pages become scarce.  An example would be the
> hugetlb morecore (malloc) feature in libhugetlbfs :)

Well that approach wont work on IA64 it seems.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [PATCH] hugetlb: powerpc: Actively close unused htlb regions on vma close
  - From: David Gibson <[email protected]>

References:
- [PATCH] hugetlb: powerpc: Actively close unused htlb regions on vma close
  - From: Adam Litke <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] hugetlb: powerpc: Actively close unused htlb regions on vma close
  - From: Christoph Lameter <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] hugetlb: powerpc: Actively close unused htlb regions on vma close
  - From: Adam Litke <[email protected]>

Prev by Date: Re: [PATCH] cramfs corruption after BLKFLSBUF on loop device
Next by Date: [patch 0/5] [PREEMPT_RT] Changing interrupt handlers from running in thread to hardirq and back runtime.
Previous by thread: Re: [PATCH] hugetlb: powerpc: Actively close unused htlb regions on vma close
Next by thread: Re: [PATCH] hugetlb: powerpc: Actively close unused htlb regions on vma close
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread

[Index of Archives] [Kernel Newbies] [Netfilter] [Bugtraq] [Photo] [Stuff] [Gimp] [Yosemite News] [MIPS Linux] [ARM Linux] [Linux Security] [Linux RAID] [Video 4 Linux] [Linux for the blind] [Linux Resources]