Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 17.11] mem: fix memory initialization time

2018-11-14 Thread Eelco Chaudron
On 12 Nov 2018, at 12:26, Eelco Chaudron wrote: On 12 Nov 2018, at 12:18, Alejandro Lucero wrote: When using large amount of hugepage based memory, doing all the hugepages mapping can take quite significant time. The problem is hugepages being initially mmaped to virtual addresses which wi

Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] [PATCH 17.11] mem: fix memory initialization time

2018-11-12 Thread Eelco Chaudron
On 12 Nov 2018, at 12:18, Alejandro Lucero wrote: When using large amount of hugepage based memory, doing all the hugepages mapping can take quite significant time. The problem is hugepages being initially mmaped to virtual addresses which will be tried later for the final hugepage mmaping.