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

From Peter Geoghegan
Subject Re: [PATCH] Use MAP_HUGETLB where supported (v3)
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Msg-id CAM3SWZTfBLqGBTGHdU5OP3PdaQrkndpMM2cc++zBgj-iZRGtRQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: [PATCH] Use MAP_HUGETLB where supported (v3)  (Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas@vmware.com>)
Responses Re: [PATCH] Use MAP_HUGETLB where supported (v3)  (Christian Kruse <christian@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Heikki Linnakangas
<hlinnakangas@vmware.com> wrote:
> Hmm, I wonder if that could now be misunderstood to have something to do
> with the PostgreSQL page size? Maybe add the word "memory" or "operating
> system" in the first sentence in the docs, like this: "Enables/disables the
> use of huge memory pages".

Whenever I wish to emphasize that distinction, I tend to use the term
"MMU pages".


-- 
Peter Geoghegan



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