[$] Allocator optimizations for transparent huge pages

Date:
Fri, 24 May 2024 20:42:27 +0000

Description:
The original Linux kernel, posted in 1991, ran on a system with a 4KB page size. Over 30years later, most of us are still running on systems
with 4KB pages, even though the amount of installed memory has grown by a
few orders of magnitude. It is generally accepted that using large page
sizes results in better performance for most applications, but allocating larger pages is often difficult. During a memory-management session at the 2024 Linux Storage,
Filesystem, Memory-Management and BPF Summit , Yu Zhao presented his
ideas on improving the allocation of huge pages in the kernel.

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