Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 01 Aug 2002 23:33:26 -0700 | From | "Martin J. Bligh" <> | Subject | Re: large page patch |
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> DaveM> In my opinion the proposed large-page patch addresses a > DaveM> relatively pressing need for databases (primarily). > > DaveM> Databases want large pages with IPC_SHM, how can this > DaveM> special syscal hack address that? > > I believe the interface is OK in that regard. AFAIK, Oracle is happy > with it.
Is Oracle now the world's only database? I think not.
> DaveM> It's great for experimentation, but give up syscall slots > DaveM> for this? > > I'm a bit concerned about this, too. My preference would have been to > use the regular mmap() and shmat() syscalls with some > augmentation/hint as to what the preferred page size is
I think that's what most users would prefer, and I don't think it adds a vast amount of kernel complexity. Linus doesn't seem to be dead set against the shmem modifications at least ... so that's half way there ;-)
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