Re: [PATCH 1/6] prctl: introduce PR_THP_POLICY_DEFAULT_HUGE for the process

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On 15/05/2025 19:21, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 02:09:56PM -0400, Liam R. Howlett wrote:

>>
>> I more than dislike flags2... I hate it.
> 
> Yeah, to be clear - I will NACK any series that tries to add flags2 unless
> a VERY VERY good justification is given. It's horrid. And frankly this
> feature doesn't warrant something as horrible.
> 
> But making mm->flags 64-bit on 32-bit kernels (which are in effect
> deprecated in my view) would fix this.
> 

Just for clarity, flags2 is just one of the ways.

I had suggested making this a 64bit feature only as well in the initial version.

And Lorenzos suggestion about making flags 64 bit on 32 bit machines is good for me
as well.







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