Re: hugetlb demand paging patch part [2/3]

[Ray Bryant]

David,

Is there a big user demand for copy-on-write support for hugetlb pages?
I can understand the rationale for making hugetlb pages behave more like user 
pages, and fixing the problem that hugetlb pages are shared across fork via 
MAP_SHARE semantics regardless of whether the user requests MAP_PRIVATE or 
not, but it just doesn't strike me as something that anyone who uses hugetlb 
pages would actually want.

Of course, YRMV (your requirements may vary).  :-)

'David Gibson' wrote:
> Well, I'm attempting to understand the hugepage code across all the
> archs, so that I can try to implement copy-on-write with a minimum of
> arch specific gunk.  Simplifying and consolidating the existing code
> across archs would be a helpful first step, if possible.

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Best Regards,
Ray
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