Re: [gentoo-amd64] Advice On Enabling Transparent Hugepage

2013-05-02 Thread Frank Peters
On Thu, 2 May 2013 16:05:10 -0500 Paul Hartman wrote: > > There is a setting that lets you expose THP _only_ to those programs > which specifically request it, rather than backwards-compatible to all > programs if you are worried about that. > I don't really expect an answer, but what programs

Re: [gentoo-amd64] Advice On Enabling Transparent Hugepage

2013-05-02 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Frank Peters wrote: > During kernel configuration there is an option called > CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE > which allows the use of Transparent Hugepages or application memory pages > larger > than the traditional 4K size. This option has been available for a whi

[gentoo-amd64] Advice On Enabling Transparent Hugepage

2013-05-02 Thread Frank Peters
During kernel configuration there is an option called CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE which allows the use of Transparent Hugepages or application memory pages larger than the traditional 4K size. This option has been available for a while but I've never enabled it. However, it would seem like a goo