hugetlb feature linux 2.6 kernel

Started by Rajesh Kumar Mallahalmost 22 years ago2 messagesgeneral
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#1Rajesh Kumar Mallah
mallah@trade-india.com

Does postgresql takes advantage of hugetlb feature of
linux kernel 2.6 ?

http://otn.oracle.com/pub/notes/technote_rhel3.html

regds
mallah.

#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Rajesh Kumar Mallah (#1)
Re: hugetlb feature linux 2.6 kernel

Rajesh Kumar Mallah <mallah@trade-india.com> writes:

Does postgresql takes advantage of hugetlb feature of
linux kernel 2.6 ?

No. We have no need for it, since running with > 2Gb shmem segments
is not necessary, recommended, or even supported.

regards, tom lane