On 02/03/2016 07:14 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > But the new variant is somewhat slower. Current helpers iterates over > VMAs the compound page is mapped to, and then over ptes within this VMA. > New helpers iterates over small page, then over VMA the small page > mapped to, and only then find relevant pte.
The code simplification here is really attractive. Can you quantify what the slowdown is? Is it noticeable, or would it be in the noise during all the other stuff that happens under memory pressure?
