Re: [PATCH] Use MAP_HUGETLB where supported (v3)

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>
Cc: Christian Kruse <christian(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use MAP_HUGETLB where supported (v3)
Date: 2014-03-01 01:58:04
Message-ID: CAM3SWZTfBLqGBTGHdU5OP3PdaQrkndpMM2cc++zBgj-iZRGtRQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Heikki Linnakangas
<hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com> wrote:
> Hmm, I wonder if that could now be misunderstood to have something to do
> with the PostgreSQL page size? Maybe add the word "memory" or "operating
> system" in the first sentence in the docs, like this: "Enables/disables the
> use of huge memory pages".

Whenever I wish to emphasize that distinction, I tend to use the term
"MMU pages".

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Peter Geoghegan

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