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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Subject: Re: Improve logging when using Huge Pages
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Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> On 2022-11-06 14:04:29 +0700, John Naylor wrote:
>> I think the best thing to do is change huge_pages=3D'on' to log a WARNI=
NG and
>> fallback to regular pages if the mapping fails.

> I am strongly opposed to making 'on' fall back to not using huge pages. =
That's
> what 'try' is for.

Agreed --- changing "on" to be exactly like "try" isn't an improvement.
If you want "try" semantics, choose "try".

			regards, tom lane