[PATCH v2 0/5] hugetlb: add support gigantic page allocation at runtime

2014-04-08 Thread Luiz Capitulino
[Changelog at the bottom] Introduction The HugeTLB subsystem uses the buddy allocator to allocate hugepages during runtime. This means that hugepages allocation during runtime is limited to MAX_ORDER order. For archs supporting gigantic pages (that is, page sizes greater than

[PATCH v2 0/5] hugetlb: add support gigantic page allocation at runtime

2014-04-08 Thread Luiz Capitulino
[Changelog at the bottom] Introduction The HugeTLB subsystem uses the buddy allocator to allocate hugepages during runtime. This means that hugepages allocation during runtime is limited to MAX_ORDER order. For archs supporting gigantic pages (that is, page sizes greater than