Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/3] contigous big page allocator

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KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> What this wants to do: 
>   allocates a contiguous chunk of pages larger than MAX_ORDER.
>   for device drivers (camera? etc..)

I think to really move forward you need a concrete use case
actually implemented in tree.

>   My intention is not for allocating HUGEPAGE(> MAX_ORDER).

I still believe using this for 1GB pages would be one of the more
interesting use cases.

-Andi

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