On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 09:46:35AM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> It is more about not bothering with the extra tracking. We don't
> really need it and having it doesn't really add much in the way of
> value.
Yeah, it can probably go.
> > > > @@ -1863,11 +1892,32 @@ static int __init deferred_in
On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 8:37 AM Daniel Jordan
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> On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 06:29:32PM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> > On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 11:27 AM Daniel Jordan
> > > @@ -1814,16 +1815,44 @@ deferred_init_maxorder(u64 *i, struct zone *zone,
> > > unsigned long *start_pfn,
> > >
On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 08:00:31AM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> So I was thinking about my suggestion further and the loop at the end
> isn't quite correct as I believe it could lead to gaps. The loop on
> the end should probably be:
> for_each_free_mem_pfn_range_in_zone_from(i,
On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 06:29:32PM -0700, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 11:27 AM Daniel Jordan
> > @@ -1814,16 +1815,44 @@ deferred_init_maxorder(u64 *i, struct zone *zone,
> > unsigned long *start_pfn,
> > return nr_pages;
> > }
> >
> > +struct definit_args {
> > +
On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 6:29 PM Alexander Duyck
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> On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 11:27 AM Daniel Jordan
> wrote:
> >
> > Deferred struct page init is a significant bottleneck in kernel boot.
> > Optimizing it maximizes availability for large-memory systems and allows
> > spinning up short-lived
On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 11:27 AM Daniel Jordan
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> Deferred struct page init is a significant bottleneck in kernel boot.
> Optimizing it maximizes availability for large-memory systems and allows
> spinning up short-lived VMs as needed without having to leave them
> running. It also benefi
Deferred struct page init is a significant bottleneck in kernel boot.
Optimizing it maximizes availability for large-memory systems and allows
spinning up short-lived VMs as needed without having to leave them
running. It also benefits bare metal machines hosting VMs that are
sensitive to downtime
