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Re:Disable transparent hugepages by icebraining on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @09:16AM (#15797449)
Yes, I find it interesting that DO would change random kernel flags.
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Re:Disable transparent hugepages by aruggirello on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @09:59AM (#15797781)
I suspect settings actually depend on kernel version: 4.4 -> 'always', 4.11 -> 'madvise'

Perhaps there are issues with 'madvise' in kernels prior to 4.11, so they chose 'always' rather than 'never'.

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