[dpdk-dev] [PATCH RFC v2 2/2] lib/librte_eal: Remove unnecessary hugepage zero-filling

[Wang, Zhihong]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen at networkplumber.org]
> Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2015 12:33 AM
> To: Wang, Zhihong <zhihong.wang at intel.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH RFC v2 2/2] lib/librte_eal: Remove unnecessary
> hugepage zero-filling
> 
> On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 20:53:48 -0500
> Zhihong Wang <zhihong.wang at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > The kernel fills new allocated (huge) pages with zeros.
> > DPDK just has to touch the pages to trigger the allocation.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Zhihong Wang <zhihong.wang at intel.com>
> 
> The code is correct, and optimized.
> Don't you need to update the commit message since you no longer have to touch
> the pages.

Thanks for pointing this out!