On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 05:05:37PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote: > On 23.11.23 16:59, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 04:29:40PM +0000, Ryan Roberts wrote: > > > Note: I'm resending this at Andrew's suggestion due to having originally sent > > > it during LPC. I'm hoping its in a position where the feedback is minor enough > > > that I can rework in time for v6.8, but so far haven't had any. > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > This is v7 of a series to implement small-sized THP for anonymous memory > > > (previously called "large anonymous folios"). The objective of this is to > > > > I'm still against small-sized THP. We've now got people asking whether > > the THP counters should be updated when dealing with large folios that > > are smaller than PMD sized. It's sowing confusion, and we should go > > back to large anon folios as a name. > > > > I disagree. > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/65dbdf2a-9281-a3c3-b7e3-a79c5b60b357@xxxxxxxxxx/ And yet: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20231106193315.GB3661273@xxxxxxxxxxx/ "This is a small THP so we don't account it as a THP, we only account normal THPs as THPs" is a bizarre position to take. Not to mention that saying a foo is a small huge baz is just bizarre. Am I a small giant? Or just a large human?
