Re: [PATCH] Use MAP_HUGETLB where supported (v3) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David Fetter
Subject Re: [PATCH] Use MAP_HUGETLB where supported (v3)
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Msg-id 20131030071039.GB13926@fetter.org
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In response to Re: [PATCH] Use MAP_HUGETLB where supported (v3)  (Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: [PATCH] Use MAP_HUGETLB where supported (v3)  (Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:16:57AM +0530, Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote:
> At 2013-10-24 16:06:19 +0300, hlinnakangas@vmware.com wrote:
> >
> > Let's get rid of the rounding.
> 
> I share Andres's concern that the bug is present in various recent
> kernels that are going to stick around for quite some time. Given
> the rather significant performance gain, I think it's worth doing
> something, though I'm not a big fan of the directory-scanning code
> myself.
> 
> As a compromise, perhaps we can unconditionally round the size up to be
> a multiple of 2MB?

How about documenting that 2MB is the quantum (OK, we'll say
"indivisible unit" or "smallest division" or something) and failing
with a message to that effect if someone tries to set it otherwise?

Cheers,
David.
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