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

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On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 at 14:29, Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> That's the same as limiting the amount of dirty metadata.

Exactly.

We limit dirty data for a reason. That was what I said, and that was my point.

Excessive dirty data is a huge latency concern. It's a latency concern
not just for journal replay, it's a latency concern for anybody who
then does a "sync" or whatever.

               Linus




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