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Re:Disable transparent hugepages on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @04:21AM (#15795636)
Bad advise... The following article is much better at actually measuring the impact:

https://alexandrnikitin.github.io/blog/transparent-hugepages...

Especially the conclusion is noteworthy:

> Do not blindly follow any recommendation on the Internet, please! Measure, measure and measure again!

See also: https://github.com/KDAB/hotspot

You can now also download an AppImage, so no need to compile anything!

Feedback welcome :)

Re:Show HN: Heaptrack, a fast heap memory profiler for Linux on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @04:40PM (#13758216)
See also the release announcement for v1.0.0: https://www.kdab.com/heaptrack-v1-0-0-release/

And the initial proof-of-concept announcement: http://milianw.de/blog/heaptrack-a-heap-memory-profiler-for-...

Feedback welcome, patches even more so: https://phabricator.kde.org/dashboard/view/28/