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== Comment: #0 - JENIFER HOPPER <[email protected]> - 2018-02-27 17:25:59 ==
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #165215 +++

---Problem Description---
Paul Mackerras has posted a fix to a Radix page fault handler bug in KVM:

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/877033/
" KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix handling of large pages in radix page fault handler "

This is critical for P9 KVM performance. Using an open source database 
workload, we saw an 11% throughput improvement with this patch when the guest 
was backed w/ 2MB hugepages. Without this patch, hugepage backing does not help 
performance compared to base page size. 
 
---uname output---
18.04 lts
 
Machine Type = 5104-22C 
 
---Debugger---
A debugger is not configured
 
---Steps to Reproduce---
  Back guest w/ 2MB pages, run a throughput test and compare performance.
 
Contact Information = [email protected]

** Affects: ubuntu-power-systems
     Importance: Critical
     Assignee: Canonical Kernel Team (canonical-kernel-team)
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Ubuntu on IBM Power Systems Bug Triage (ubuntu-power-triage)
         Status: New


** Tags: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-165216 severity-critical 
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** Tags added: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-165216 severity-critical
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  Ubuntu 18.04 - Performance: Radix page fault handler bug in KVM

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