On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 02:59:22PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote: >Commit e900a918b098 ("mm: shuffle initial free memory to improve >memory-side-cache utilization") promised "autodetection of a >memory-side-cache (to be added in a follow-on patch)" over a year ago. > >The original series included patches [1], however, they were dropped >during review [2] to be followed-up later. > >Due to lack of platforms that publish an HMAT, autodetection is currently >not implemented. However, manual activation is actively used [3]. Let's >simplify for now and re-add when really (ever?) needed. > >[1] >https://lkml.kernel.org/r/154510700291.1941238.817190985966612531.st...@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com >[2] >https://lkml.kernel.org/r/154690326478.676627.103843791978176914.st...@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com >[3] >https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAPcyv4irwGUU2x+c6b4L=kbb1dnasnkaazd6ospyjl9kfsn...@mail.gmail.com > >Cc: Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org> >Cc: Johannes Weiner <han...@cmpxchg.org> >Cc: Michal Hocko <mho...@suse.com> >Cc: Minchan Kim <minc...@kernel.org> >Cc: Huang Ying <ying.hu...@intel.com> >Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiy...@gmail.com> >Cc: Mel Gorman <mgor...@techsingularity.net> >Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.willi...@intel.com> >Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <da...@redhat.com>
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