Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: memory offline infinite loop after soft offline | From | David Hildenbrand <> | Date | Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:38:21 +0200 |
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On 18.10.19 10:24, Michal Hocko wrote: > On Fri 18-10-19 10:13:36, David Hildenbrand wrote: > [...] >> However, if the compound page spans multiple pageblocks > > Although hugetlb pages spanning pageblocks are possible this shouldn't > matter in__test_page_isolated_in_pageblock because this function doesn't > really operate on pageblocks as the name suggests. It is simply > traversing all valid RAM ranges (see walk_system_ram_range).
As long as the hugepages don't span memory blocks/sections, you are right. I have no experience with gigantic pages in this regard.
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Thanks,
David / dhildenb
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