Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: larger default page sizes... | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | 25 Mar 2008 13:05:53 +0100 |
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Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> writes: > > 4kB pages: 444.051s user + 34.406s system time > 64kB pages: 419.963s user + 16.869s system time > > That's nearly 10% faster with 64kB pages -- on a kernel compile.
Do you have some idea where the improvement mainly comes from? Is it TLB misses or reduced in kernel overhead? Ok I assume both play together but which part of the equation is more important?
-Andi
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