On Sat 16-03-13 14:42:05, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: > While ballooning memory out of the guest, attempt 2M allocations first. > If 2M allocations fail, then go for 4K allocations. In cases where we > have performed 2M allocations, split this 2M page so that we can free this > page at 4K granularity (when the host returns the memory). Maybe I am missing something but what is the advantage of 2M allocation when you split it up immediately so you are not using it as a huge page? [...] -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>