Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:53:29 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [QUICKLIST 1/5] Quicklists for page table pages V3 |
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On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:37:16 -0800 (PST) Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> wrote:
> This patchset introduces an arch independent framework to handle lists > of recently used page table pages to replace the existing (ab)use of the > slab for that purpose. > > 1. Proven code from the IA64 arch.
Has it been proven that quicklists are superior to simply going direct to the page allocator for these pages?
Would it provide a superior solution if we were to a) stop zeroing out the pte's when doing a fullmm==1 teardown and b) go direct to the page allocator for these pages? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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