Re: [RFC 0/2] Delay initializing of large sections of memory

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* Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:17 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 06/25/2013 10:35 AM, Mike Travis wrote:
> 
> > However, please consider Ingo's counterproposal of doing this via the
> > buddy allocator, i.e. hugepages being broken on demand.  That is a
> > *very* powerful model, although would require more infrastructure.
> 
> Can you or Ingo elaborate more about the buddy allocator proposal?

Ok, I just wrote a fuller proposal, with cons and pros listed as well.

I think it's a winner but hey.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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