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• The Linux kernel's implementation of transparent huge pages has been the source of performance problems. I remember (admittedly years ago) spending a lot of
by bagels 4y ago
• The Linux kernel's implementation of transparent huge pages has been the source of performance problems.
I remember (admittedly years ago) spending a lot of time trying to debug server crippling performance problems, ultimately learning that transparent huge pages were the cause.
Proceed with caution.
- worthless-trash 4y agoThings have changed since then, now you can do per application malloc backed huge pages.