Re: huge tlb support

yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp (YAMAMOTO Takashi) writes:
>> Also, I was under the impression that recent Linux kernels use hugepages
>> automatically if they can, so I wonder exactly what Andres was testing
>> on ...

> if you mean the "trasparent hugepage" feature, iirc it doesn't affect
> MAP_SHARED mappings like this.

Oh!  That would explain some things.  It seems like a pretty nasty
restriction though ... do you know why they did that?
        regards, tom lane