On Wed 22-11-17 11:11:38, Mike Kravetz wrote: > On 11/22/2017 07:28 AM, Michal Hocko wrote: [...] > > Why don't we simply migrate as long as we are able to allocate the > > target hugetlb page? I have a half baked patch to remove this > > restriction, would there be an opposition to do something like that? > > I would not be opposed and would help with this effort. My concern would > be any subtle hugetlb accounting issues once you start messing with > additional overcommit pages.
Well my current (crude) patch checks for overcommit in the destructor and releases the page if we are over. That should deal with accounting AFAICS. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
