Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:55:15 +0100 (CET) | From | bart@etpmod ... | Subject | Re: Intel P6 vs P7 system call performance |
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On 19 Dec, Dave Jones wrote: > On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 02:22:36PM +0100, bart@etpmod.phys.tue.nl wrote: > > > However, there's another issue, namely process startup cost. I personally > > > want it to be as light as at all possible. I hate doing an "strace" on > > > user processes and seeing tons and tons of crapola showing up. Just for > > So why not map the magic page at 0xffffe000 at some other address as > > well? > > Static binaries can just directly jump/call into the magic page. > > .. and explode nicely when you try to run them on an older kernel > without the new syscall magick. This is what Linus' first > proof-of-concept code did.
True, but unless I really don't get it, compatibility of a new static binary with an old kernel is going to break anyway. My point was that the double-mapped page trick adds no overhead in the case of a static binary, and just one extra mmap in case of a shared binary.
Bart
> > Dave >
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