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From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Joseph Chiu <joseph@omnilux.net>
Cc: Pete Popov <ppopov@mvista.com>,
	Linux MIPS mailing list <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: wired tlb entry?
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 06:59:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030625045916.GA28556@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BPEELMGAINDCONKDGDNCMEGADMAA.joseph@omnilux.net>

On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 11:51:13AM -0700, Joseph Chiu wrote:

> Michael Guo suggested add_wired_entry -- I'm giving that a try now.  I'm
> trying to stick to "the kernel that we trust" (from the perspective here)
> because I'm worried about what I end up breaking trying to take a new
> kernel.
> 
> I am behind the time, though, so I'll try to test out 2.4.21-pre4 when I get
> back (I'm not available to run the tests during the rest of this week).

Usual warning - wired entries are almost always a bad idea.  TLB entries
are a scarce resource and wiring will reduce the number available for
random replacement even further raising the amount of CPU burned in the
TLB reload handler.

  Ralf

  reply	other threads:[~2003-06-25  4:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-06-17  0:36 wired tlb entry? Joseph Chiu
2003-06-17 17:18 ` Pete Popov
2003-06-17 18:12   ` Joseph Chiu
2003-06-17 18:16     ` Pete Popov
2003-06-17 18:51       ` Joseph Chiu
2003-06-25  4:59         ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
2003-06-25 18:05           ` Joseph Chiu
2003-06-27  1:02             ` Steven J. Hill
2003-06-27 17:38               ` Joseph Chiu
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-06-17  3:28 Guo Michael
2003-06-16  9:32 bootloader problem He Jin
2003-06-16 23:49 ` Wired TLB entry? Joseph Chiu
2003-06-16 23:49   ` Joseph Chiu

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