On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 09:27:01AM +0000, cgel.zte@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > From: xu xin <xu.xin16@xxxxxxxxxx> > > For now, if we want to use KSM to merge pages of some apps, we have to > explicitly call madvise() in application code, which means installed > apps on OS needs to be uninstall and source code needs to be modified. > It is very inconvenient because sometimes users or app developers are not > willing to modify their app source codes for any reasons. > I thought we got process_madvise in 5.13, doesn't that help solve the problem with extensions to advice and an appropriate wrapper? Granted it might be a little racy with a running process potentially participating in KSM already. If we are concerned about KSM, I would assume that we care about long running processes, is that true? Balbir Singh
