On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 07:23:41PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote: > "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > [ text/plain ] > > split_huge_pmd() for file mappings (and DAX too) is implemented by just > > clearing pmd entry as we can re-fill this area from page cache on pte > > level later. > > > > This means we don't need deposit page tables when file THP is mapped. > > Therefore we shouldn't try to withdraw a page table on zap_huge_pmd() > > file THP PMD. > > Archs like ppc64 use deposited page table to track the hardware page > table slot information. We probably may want to add hooks which arch can > use to achieve the same even with file THP Could you describe more on what kind of information you're talking about? -- Kirill A. Shutemov -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>