Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:49:41 +0900 | From | "MinChan Kim" <> | Subject | Re: Populating multiple ptes at fault time |
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On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 6:32 AM, Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > Martin Bligh wrote: > >>> Well, I guess we need a new binary format that allows one to execute binaries >>> in kernel address space with full powers. >> >> Seems ... extreme ;-) > > Well yes .... > >> Maybe we just do it if we're in readahead? (or similar) > > If we are in kernel space then the binary can call the readahead function as > needed ... ;-O
In case of file-mapped pages, Shouldn't we use just on-demand readahead mechanism in kernel ? If it is inefficient, It means we have to change on-demand readahead mechanism itself. How about you ?
> Ok, seriously: Anonymous pages are not subject to readahead so it wont work. > > > -- > 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/ >
-- Kinds regards, MinChan Kim
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