Re: [PATCH v3 6/7] mm: make clear_huge_page cache clear only around the fault address

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On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 08:29:44PM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 07:43:56PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > Hm.. I think with static_key we can avoid cache overhead here. I'll try.
> 
> Could you elaborate on the static_key? Is it some sort of self
> modifying code?

Runtime code patching. See Documentation/static-keys.txt. We can patch it
on sysctl.

> 
> > Thanks, for review. Could you take a look at huge zero page patchset? ;)
> 
> I've noticed that too, nice :). I'm checking some detail on the
> wrprotect fault behavior but I'll comment there.
> 
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