From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFE6FFA372A for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:49:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86CEF21848 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:49:43 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1571226583; bh=HO29WnQIUrFLiXDGOAo6Pd0NjxJeaVFMjec8aEHbZTk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=AVFtRKWIoCy7ODhTmiRG4MC/L+IcnZ3htvIco3gjzldY5pxdIkyHV5pwfZMrYYE5w O3RFentIobd5nt+AJPuOmOvs7bdxWW6feLKXQjzTvH/neLjz8AuopDq5cJqkUcocHk yuVhALTsbEn2l5rPf+gAsH/x+DC1jcXrGB+7se6Q= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2389549AbfJPLtm (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Oct 2019 07:49:42 -0400 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:45500 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728323AbfJPLtl (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Oct 2019 07:49:41 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 737E8B435; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:49:35 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 13:49:34 +0200 From: Michal Hocko To: David Hildenbrand Cc: Anshuman Khandual , linux-mm@kvack.org, Mike Kravetz , Andrew Morton , Vlastimil Babka , David Rientjes , Andrea Arcangeli , Oscar Salvador , Mel Gorman , Mike Rapoport , Dan Williams , Pavel Tatashin , Matthew Wilcox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/page_alloc: Make alloc_gigantic_page() available for general use Message-ID: <20191016114934.GZ317@dhcp22.suse.cz> References: <1571211293-29974-1-git-send-email-anshuman.khandual@arm.com> <20191016085123.GO317@dhcp22.suse.cz> <679b5c66-8f1b-ec4d-64dd-13fbc440917d@redhat.com> <20191016110831.GV317@dhcp22.suse.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed 16-10-19 13:10:41, David Hildenbrand wrote: > On 16.10.19 13:08, Michal Hocko wrote: > > On Wed 16-10-19 10:56:16, David Hildenbrand wrote: [...] > > > Gigantic pages have to be aligned AFAIK. > > > > Aligned to what? I do not see any guarantee like that in the existing > > code. > > > > pfn = ALIGN(zone->zone_start_pfn, nr_pages); I am obviously blind! Sorry about the confusion. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs