On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 12:44:06PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 11.05.2022 13:08, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 10:43:45AM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >> When a page table ends up with all contiguous entries (including all
> >> identical attributes), it can be replaced by a s
On 11.05.2022 13:08, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 10:43:45AM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> When a page table ends up with all contiguous entries (including all
>> identical attributes), it can be replaced by a superpage entry at the
>> next higher level. The page table itself can
On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 10:43:45AM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> When a page table ends up with all contiguous entries (including all
> identical attributes), it can be replaced by a superpage entry at the
> next higher level. The page table itself can then be scheduled for
> freeing.
>
> The adjust
When a page table ends up with all contiguous entries (including all
identical attributes), it can be replaced by a superpage entry at the
next higher level. The page table itself can then be scheduled for
freeing.
The adjustment to LEVEL_MASK is merely to avoid leaving a latent trap
for whenever
