I know non-anonymous huge pages, like those from hugetblfs, are currently not swappable.
But if I understand the article correctly _anonymous_ huge pages can be swapped.
You lose the benefits of huge pages in this case (as they are split) but the system does not regress in functionality.
I know non-anonymous huge pages, like those from hugetblfs, are currently not swappable.
But if I understand the article correctly _anonymous_ huge pages can be swapped.
You lose the benefits of huge pages in this case (as they are split) but the system does not regress in functionality.