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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH 2/3] pagemap: export KPF_THP
>> The detail of transparent hugepage are hidden by design. We hope it
>> keep 'transparent'.
>> Until any explain why we should expose KPF_THP, we don't agree it.
>
> The reason why I want to know physical address of thp is testing.
> I'm working on memory error recovery and writing test code to confirm
> that memory recovery really works when an error occurs on thps.
> There I need to locate thps on the physical memory.

I'm sorry, I simply don't understand what you say. Why do you think
memory recovery and thp are related feature?



>
> IMO, transparency in thp means that we need no manual setup to use
> it (as a contrast with hugetlbfs,) so it seems to me that exporting
> pageflag of thp does not break the design of thp.
>
> Anyway, I should have written the purpose in the patch description.
> Thanks for the comment.
>
> Naoya



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