Re: [PATCH] mm, x86: Do not zero hugetlbfs pages at boot. -v2

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On Wed 03-04-13 12:00:12, Robin Holt wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 04:02:47PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Tue 02-04-13 21:43:44, Robin Holt wrote:
> > [...]
> > > diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> > > index ca9a7c6..7683f6a 100644
> > > --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> > > +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> > > @@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ int __weak alloc_bootmem_huge_page(struct hstate *h)
> > >  	while (nr_nodes) {
> > >  		void *addr;
> > >  
> > > -		addr = __alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic(
> > > +		addr = __alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic_notzeroed(
> > >  				NODE_DATA(hstate_next_node_to_alloc(h,
> > >  						&node_states[N_MEMORY])),
> > >  				huge_page_size(h), huge_page_size(h), 0);
> > 
> > Ohh, and powerpc seems to have its own opinion how to allocate huge
> > pages. See arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
> 
> Do I need to address their allocations?  Can I leave that part of the
> changes as something powerpc can address if they are affected by this?

I mentioned powerpc basically because I encountered it as the only
alternative implementation of alloc_bootmem_huge_page. I haven't checked
how it does the job and now that I am looking closer it uses memblock
allocator so it would need a separate fix.
I guess you are right saying that this should be handled when the need
arises.

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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