On (30/06/08 14:13), David Gibson didst pronounce:
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 06:44:59PM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> > HUGETLB_MORECORE currently exists to allow glibc to back malloc() with
> > large pages instead of small pages. However, not all applications use glibc
> > malloc() nor is it always d
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 06:44:59PM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> HUGETLB_MORECORE currently exists to allow glibc to back malloc() with
> large pages instead of small pages. However, not all applications use glibc
> malloc() nor is it always desirable to back malloc() with huge pages. There
> exists a
HUGETLB_MORECORE currently exists to allow glibc to back malloc() with
large pages instead of small pages. However, not all applications use glibc
malloc() nor is it always desirable to back malloc() with huge pages. There
exists a requirement that a hugepage-aware application be able to allocate
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