Re: [PATCH] Use MAP_HUGETLB where supported (v3)

Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote:
> At 2013-11-15 15:17:32 +0200, hlinnakangas@vmware.com wrote:

> > But I'm not wedded to the idea if someone objects; a log message might
> > also be reasonable: "LOG: huge TLB pages are not supported on this
> > platform, but huge_tlb_pages was 'on'"
> 
> Put that way, I have to wonder if the right thing to do is just to have
> a "try_huge_pages=on|off" setting, and log a warning if the attempt did
> not succeed. It would be easier to document, and I don't think there's
> much point in making it an error if the allocation fails.

What about
huge_tlb_pages={off,try}

Or maybe
huge_tlb_pages={off,try,require}

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