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Date:   Thu, 21 Apr 2022 13:25:11 +1000
From:   Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 bpf 0/4] vmalloc: bpf: introduce VM_ALLOW_HUGE_VMAP
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Excerpts from Linus Torvalds's message of April 20, 2022 5:20 am:
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 11:42 AM Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> wrote:
>>
>> I'd say that bpf_prog_pack was a cure for symptoms and this project trie=
s
>> to address more general problem.
>> But you are right, it'll take some time and won't land in 5.19.
>=20
> Just to update people: I've just applied Song's [1/4] patch, which
> means that the whole current hugepage vmalloc thing is effectively
> disabled (because nothing opts in).
>=20
> And I suspect that will be the status for 5.18, unless somebody comes
> up with some very strong arguments for (re-)starting using huge pages.

Why not just revert fac54e2bfb5b ?

Thanks,
Nick