Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | | Subject | Re: [QUICKLIST 3/4] Quicklist support for x86_64 | | Date | Mon, 9 Apr 2007 20:49:34 +0200 |
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> > It has to be done in sync with tlb flushing.
Why?
> Doing that on memory pressure > would complicate things significantly.
Again why?
> Also idling means that the cache > grows cold.
Does it? Unless you worry about interrupts nothing in idle is going to thrash caches.
-Andi
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