Re: [PATCH 0/3] Virtual huge zero page

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On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 10:52:06AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 10/01/2012 10:44 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 10:37:23AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >> One can otherwise argue that if hzp doesn't matter for except in a small
> >> number of cases that we shouldn't use it at all.
> > 
> > These small number of cases can easily trigger OOM if THP is enabled. :)
> > 
> 
> And that doesn't happen in any conditions that *aren't* helped by hzp?

Sure, OOM still can happen.
But if we can eliminate a class of problem why not to do so?

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov
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