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@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ config ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT
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bool
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config DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT
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- bool "Defer initialisation of struct pages to kswapd"
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+ bool "Defer initialisation of struct pages to kthreads"
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default n
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depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT
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depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
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@@ -633,9 +633,10 @@ config DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT
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single thread. On very large machines this can take a considerable
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amount of time. If this option is set, large machines will bring up
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a subset of memmap at boot and then initialise the rest in parallel
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- when kswapd starts. This has a potential performance impact on
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- processes running early in the lifetime of the systemm until kswapd
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- finishes the initialisation.
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+ by starting one-off "pgdatinitX" kernel thread for each node X. This
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+ has a potential performance impact on processes running early in the
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+ lifetime of the system until these kthreads finish the
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+ initialisation.
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config IDLE_PAGE_TRACKING
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bool "Enable idle page tracking"
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