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About available pinned memory limit
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This statement the amount of pinned memory available on a system is much less than the total CPU memory mentioned in this link
https://github.com/microsoft/DeepSpeedExamples/tree/master/inference/huggingface/zero_inference#performance-tuning-tips is a little confusing. The limit of pinned memory available is due to os/kernel constraint or somewhat else? I'm afraid there's no explicit limit in Linux kernel.
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Start with the performance-tuning tips section in the linked Hugging Face ZeRO inference documentation and verify the statement about pinned memory against Linux kernel behavior. Clarify whether the limit is imposed by the operating system or another constraint, and update the wording or add an explanatory reference when the cause is established.
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- Tech stack
- huggingface, linux
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- documentation, operating-systems
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- Documentation
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