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From: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>
Subject: Re: flush_kernel_[di]cache_page question? [WAS: [parisc-linux]
	2.6.10-rc1-pa11 profile data
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 12:02:45 -0700
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On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 05:59:18PM +0100, Joel Soete wrote:
> >  40646 flush_kernel_icache_page                 406.4600
> [...]
> >   4089 flush_kernel_dcache_page                  40.8900
> [...]
> > we really need to do better at cache flushing..... anybody have any
> > ideas? :)
> >
> Is somebody can help me to understand those:
> [...]
> flush_kernel_dcache_page:

Joel,
the problem is not in the flush_kernel_dcache_page() routine.
The problem is we are calling too often.

grant
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