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From Christian Kruse
Subject Re: pgsql: Allow using huge TLB pages on Linux (MAP_HUGETLB)
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Msg-id 20140129192418.GC31325@defunct.ch
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In response to Re: pgsql: Allow using huge TLB pages on Linux (MAP_HUGETLB)  (Peter Geoghegan <pg@heroku.com>)
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Hi,

On 29/01/14 11:17, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 4:12 AM, Heikki Linnakangas
> <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi> wrote:
> > Allow using huge TLB pages on Linux (MAP_HUGETLB)
>
> The documentation says:
> […]

I rewrote the whole part. Giving such a formula is a bad idea since
shared buffers is not the only factor affecting the no of required
huge pages.

Best regards,

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