Re: [PATCH v1] docs/mm: extend ksm doc

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Hi--

On 3/14/23 20:59, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 01:45:57PM -0700, Stefan Roesch wrote:
>> +to cancel that advice and restore unshared pages: whereupon KSM
>> +unmerges whatever is merged for that process.  Note: this unmerging call
>> +may suddenly require more memory than is available - possibly failing
>> +with EAGAIN, but more probably arousing the Out-Of-Memory killer.
> 
> "... to disable KSM and let it unmerges ... . Note that this unmerging
> call may exhaust memory and triggers OOM killer."

I can't tell exactly what is being proposed here, but "let it unmerges"
is not good & proper...

Perhaps fewer ellipses and more complete sentences are in order.

>> +However, if the system is dedicated to running multiple jobs within the
>> +same security domain, there is a usecase where multiple instances of the
>> +same job are running inside a safe shared security domain and using the
>> +same sensitive data.
> 
> "... it is possible for multiple instances ... and share the same
> sensitive data."
> 
> Thanks. 
> 

-- 
~Randy




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