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Am 03.05.2013 18:12, schrieb Frank Peters: |
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> On Fri, 3 May 2013 05:13:44 +0000 (UTC) |
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> Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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>> firefox definitely uses transparent huge-pages if they're generally |
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>> available. |
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> According to this early benchmark at Phoronix, the improvement for |
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> system-wide THP use is not that impressive: |
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> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_transparent_hugepages&num=1 |
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> I think it would probably be best to enable THP in the kernel limited |
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> to MADV_HUGEPAGE only. |
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why? it has no downsides. Apps use transparent hugepages without knowing |
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it (that is what the magical transparent means). It does not slow down |
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things. |
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Just turn it on. |
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