Re: [Libhugetlbfs-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Extend morecore functionality to better use THP

2011-09-15 Thread Andrew Hastings
emun...@mgebm.net wrote: > On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:25:29 -0500, Andrew Hastings wrote: >> Eric B Munson wrote: >>> On Wed, 20 Jul 2011, Andrew Hastings wrote: >>> Eric, On 07/11/11 10:51, Eric B Munson wrote: > Transparent huge pages (THP) make using huge pages on x86(_64) >

Re: [Libhugetlbfs-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Extend morecore functionality to better use THP

2011-09-15 Thread emunson
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:25:29 -0500, Andrew Hastings wrote: > Eric B Munson wrote: >> On Wed, 20 Jul 2011, Andrew Hastings wrote: >> >>> Eric, >>> >>> On 07/11/11 10:51, Eric B Munson wrote: Transparent huge pages (THP) make using huge pages on x86(_64) incredibly easy. However, the

Re: [Libhugetlbfs-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Extend morecore functionality to better use THP

2011-09-15 Thread Andrew Hastings
Eric B Munson wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jul 2011, Andrew Hastings wrote: > >> Eric, >> >> On 07/11/11 10:51, Eric B Munson wrote: >>> Transparent huge pages (THP) make using huge pages on x86(_64) incredibly >>> easy. >>> However, the standard glibc malloc is not setup to optimixe allocations to >>> b

Re: [Libhugetlbfs-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Extend morecore functionality to better use THP

2011-09-13 Thread Eric B Munson
On Wed, 20 Jul 2011, Andrew Hastings wrote: > Eric, > > On 07/11/11 10:51, Eric B Munson wrote: > > Transparent huge pages (THP) make using huge pages on x86(_64) incredibly > > easy. > > However, the standard glibc malloc is not setup to optimixe allocations to > > be > > fulfilled as THP, rel

[Libhugetlbfs-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Extend morecore functionality to better use THP

2011-09-13 Thread Eric B Munson
Transparent huge pages (THP) make using huge pages on x86(_64) incredibly easy. However, the standard glibc malloc is not setup to optimixe allocations to be fulfilled as THP, relying on khugepaged to scan and merge huge pages when possible. This patch set extends the morecore idea that was origin

Re: [Libhugetlbfs-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Extend morecore functionality to better use THP

2011-07-20 Thread Andrew Hastings
Eric, On 07/11/11 10:51, Eric B Munson wrote: > Transparent huge pages (THP) make using huge pages on x86(_64) incredibly > easy. > However, the standard glibc malloc is not setup to optimixe allocations to be > fulfilled as THP, relying on khugepaged to scan and merge huge pages when > possible.

[Libhugetlbfs-devel] [PATCH 0/3] Extend morecore functionality to better use THP

2011-07-11 Thread Eric B Munson
Transparent huge pages (THP) make using huge pages on x86(_64) incredibly easy. However, the standard glibc malloc is not setup to optimixe allocations to be fulfilled as THP, relying on khugepaged to scan and merge huge pages when possible. This patch set extends the morecore idea that was origin