diff --git a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt index 60aeedd54615328c00937691685066f9348c0fe5..8785fb87d9c79fe37f385bf3beb48e7ca72f4a41 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt +++ b/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt @@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ echo always >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag echo madvise >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag echo never >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag +By default kernel tries to use huge zero page on read page fault. +It's possible to disable huge zero page by writing 0 or enable it +back by writing 1: + +echo 0 >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/use_zero_page +echo 1 >/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/khugepaged/use_zero_page + khugepaged will be automatically started when transparent_hugepage/enabled is set to "always" or "madvise, and it'll be automatically shutdown if it's set to "never". diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h index 3132ea788581d0aaf08b386bda28fee7684f4d81..092dc5305a327b65708f3fe7f5c75ab2cad5f28c 100644 --- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h +++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ enum transparent_hugepage_flag { TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_FLAG, TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_REQ_MADV_FLAG, TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEFRAG_KHUGEPAGED_FLAG, + TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_USE_ZERO_PAGE_FLAG, #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_DEBUG_COW_FLAG, #endif @@ -78,6 +79,9 @@ extern bool is_vma_temporary_stack(struct vm_area_struct *vma); (transparent_hugepage_flags & \ (1<vm_flags & VM_HUGEPAGE)) +#define transparent_hugepage_use_zero_page() \ + (transparent_hugepage_flags & \ + (1<