Were there no downside it would be a default. Perhaps ask "isn't it a no-brainer to use large pages" rather than declare it is without saying why you think so.

Were there no downside it would be a default. Perhaps ask "isn't it a no-brainer to use large pages" rather than declare it is without saying why you think so. Edit: I did a quick search. upside of less TLB thrashing, downside of potentially more disk thrashing as pages are paged in and out.