Re: [PATCH] mm: Drop INT_MAX limit from kvmalloc()

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On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 12:09:02PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 at 11:53, Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > This came up on a machine with 128GB of ram.
> 
> So?
> 
> Your argument is "we're using a ton of memory, so we can use a ton more".

Datasets are going to grow as machines grow, yes. Otherwise, what are we
building them for?

> How about you limit the amount of memory you use in the first place instead?

That'd be an artificial cap on performance.




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