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SubjectRe: Context switch times
On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:

> If cache problems are bad enough, maybe this pays for itself:
>
> /* old */
> current = stack_ptr & ~0x1fff;
>
> /* new */
> hash = (stack_ptr>>8)^(stack_ptr>>12)^(stack_ptr>>16)^(stack_ptr>>20);
> current = (stack_ptr & ~0x1fff) | (hash & 0x1e0);

I suggested something like this ( randomly "moved" struct task_struct * )
a couple of years ago.
Never tried to measure the impact of the system though.



- Davide


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