Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 Aug 2002 21:14:52 -0300 (BRT) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Rmap speedup |
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On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Andrew Morton wrote: > Daniel Phillips wrote: > > > > This patch eliminates about 35% of the raw rmap setup/teardown overhead by > > adopting a new locking interface that allows the add_rmaps to be batched in > > copy_page_range. > > Well that's fairly straightforward, thanks. Butt-ugly though ;)
It'd be nice if the code would be a bit more beautiful and the reverse mapping scheme more modular.
Remember that we're planning to go to an object-based scheme later on, turning the code into a big monolithic mesh really makes long-term maintenance a pain...
regards,
Rik -- Bravely reimplemented by the knights who say "NIH".
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