Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Jan 1999 00:20:07 -0800 | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Subject | Re: Variability in cache access times |
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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 19:05:19 +1100 From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
David S. Miller writes: > Add page coloring to the page allocator and your variability will > disappear.
I was wondering if that would be the response. What about using 4 MB pages? Would that help?
It would, but I have no idea how feasible this is with the Intel page tables. Ingo could probably more quickly cook up a test patch than me.
Later, David S. Miller davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com
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