On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 10:42 AM Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > > After discussion about this in Matthew's THP Cabal, we have decided to take a > different approach with this patch set. Could you therefore remove it from > mm-unstable, please? Sorry about the noise. > > I'm going to try 2 different approaches: > - avoid the split lock contention by using mmu gather (suggested by Kirill) > - expand the zap pte batching to also cover file folios (as requested by Yu). Also we didn't have the chance to clarify before Ryan dropped out from the meeting: I don't think this series is a prerequisite for the other series ("variable-order, large folios for anonymous memory") at all. They can move along in parallel: one is specific for anon and the other (this series) is generic for all types of large folios.