Article 63DKA [$] The transparent huge page shrinker

[$] The transparent huge page shrinker

by
corbet
from LWN.net on (#63DKA)
Huge pages are a mechanism implemented by the CPU that allows the managementof memory in larger chunks. Use of huge pages can increase performancesignificantly, which is why the kernel has a "transparent huge page"mechanism to try to create them when possible. But a huge page will onlybe helpful if most of the memory contained within it is actually in use;otherwise it is just an expensive waste of memory. This patchset from Alexander Zhu implements a mechanism to detect underutilizedhuge pages and recover that wasted memory for other uses.
External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://lwn.net/headlines/rss
Feed Title LWN.net
Feed Link https://lwn.net/
Reply 0 comments