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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/6] Boot-time switching between 4- and 5-level paging for 4.15, Part 1
On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 01:56:58PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
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> * Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> wrote:
>
> > > Or, could we keep MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS constant, and introduce a _different_ constant
> > > that is dynamic, and which could be used in the cases where the 5-level paging
> > > config causes too much memory footprint in the common 4-level paging case?
> >
> > This is more labor intensive case with unclear benefit.
> >
> > Dynamic MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS doesn't cause any issue in wast majority of
> > cases.
>
> Almost nothing uses it - and even in those few cases it caused problems.

It's used in many places indirectly. See MAXMEM.

> Making a variable that 'looks' like a constant macro dynamic in a rare Kconfig
> scenario is asking for trouble.

We expect boot-time page mode switching to be enabled in kernel of next
generation enterprise distros. It shoudn't be that rare.

--
Kirill A. Shutemov

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