From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Cc: 7eggert@gmx.de, Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>,
akpm@osdl.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Prezeroing V2 [3/4]: Add support for ZEROED and NOT_ZEROED free maps
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 00:24:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87llbk63sn.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0412261511030.2353@ppc970.osdl.org> (Linus Torvalds's message of "Sun, 26 Dec 2004 15:12:45 -0800 (PST)")
* Linus Torvalds:
> Anyway, at this point I think the most interesting question is whether it
> actually improves any macro-benchmark behaviour, rather than just a page
> fault latency tester microbenchmark..
By the way, some crazy idea that occurred to me: What about
incrementally scrubbing a page which has been assigned previously to
this CPU, while spinning inside spinlocks (or busy-waiting somewhere
else)?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-12-26 23:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <fa.n0l29ap.1nqg39@ifi.uio.no>
[not found] ` <fa.n04s9ar.17sg3f@ifi.uio.no>
2004-12-24 21:10 ` Prezeroing V2 [3/4]: Add support for ZEROED and NOT_ZEROED free maps Bodo Eggert
2004-12-26 23:02 ` Florian Weimer
2004-12-26 23:12 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-26 23:24 ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2004-12-27 1:37 ` Ingo Oeser
2004-12-27 4:33 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-12-27 0:01 ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-01-03 20:30 ` Christoph Lameter
[not found] <B8E391BBE9FE384DAA4C5C003888BE6F02900FBD@scsmsx401.amr.corp.intel.com>
[not found] ` <41C20E3E.3070209@yahoo.com.au>
2004-12-21 19:55 ` Increase page fault rate by prezeroing V1 [0/3]: Overview Christoph Lameter
2004-12-23 19:29 ` Prezeroing V2 [0/3]: Why and When it works Christoph Lameter
2004-12-23 19:33 ` Prezeroing V2 [1/4]: __GFP_ZERO / clear_page() removal Christoph Lameter
2004-12-23 19:34 ` Prezeroing V2 [3/4]: Add support for ZEROED and NOT_ZEROED free maps Christoph Lameter
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