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Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/huge_memory.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index 2612f60f53ee..4f7e2113646c 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -27,11 +27,12 @@ #include "internal.h" /* - * By default transparent hugepage support is enabled for all mappings - * and khugepaged scans all mappings. Defrag is only invoked by - * khugepaged hugepage allocations and by page faults inside - * MADV_HUGEPAGE regions to avoid the risk of slowing down short lived - * allocations. + * By default transparent hugepage support is disabled in order that avoid + * to risk increase the memory footprint of applications without a guaranteed + * benefit. When transparent hugepage support is enabled, is for all mappings, + * and khugepaged scans all mappings. + * Defrag is invoked by khugepaged hugepage allocations and by page faults + * for all hugepage allocations. */ unsigned long transparent_hugepage_flags __read_mostly = #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_ALWAYS |