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Align larger anonymous memory mappings on THP boundaries by going through thp_get_unmapped_area if THPs are enabled for the current process. With this patch, larger anonymous mappings are now THP aligned. When a malloc library allocates a 2MB or larger arena, that arena can now be mapped with THPs right from the start, which can result in better TLB hit rates and execution time. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220809142457.4751229f@imladris.surriel.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231214223423.1133074-1-yang@os.amperecomputing.com Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com> Reviewed-by: Yang Shi <shy828301@gmail.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Christopher Lameter <cl@linux.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.