RFR(M): 8171181: Supporting heap allocation on alternative memory devices

[Kharbas, Kishor]

Hi Andrew!

The JEP is not DAX specific, but the implementation is.
Do you have any ideas on how we can check whether NUMA is supported by the underlying filesystem?

Thanks
Kishor

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Haley [mailto:aph at redhat.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 1:50 AM
> To: Kharbas, Kishor <kishor.kharbas at intel.com>; hotspot-runtime-
> dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: Re: RFR(M): 8171181: Supporting heap allocation on alternative
> memory devices
> 
> On 01/03/17 03:26, Kharbas, Kishor wrote:
> 
> >> Is it essential to disable NUMA when using alternative memory devices?
> >
> > From the research I have done, the DAX filesystem do not support NUMA-
> aware placement.
> 
> So what?  This change isn't DAX-specific, is it?
> 
> Andrew.
>