Am 03.05.2013 18:12, schrieb Frank Peters: > On Fri, 3 May 2013 05:13:44 +0000 (UTC) > Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > >> >> firefox definitely uses transparent huge-pages if they're generally >> available. >> > According to this early benchmark at Phoronix, the improvement for > system-wide THP use is not that impressive: > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_transparent_hugepages&num=1 > > I think it would probably be best to enable THP in the kernel limited > to MADV_HUGEPAGE only. >
why? it has no downsides. Apps use transparent hugepages without knowing it (that is what the magical transparent means). It does not slow down things. Just turn it on.
