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From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
To: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Prezeroing V3 [2/4]: Extension of clear_page to take an order parameter
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 14:52:36 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1652awtp7.fsf@muc.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0501051524020.9911@schroedinger.engr.sgi.com> (Christoph Lameter's message of "Wed, 5 Jan 2005 15:25:20 -0800 (PST)")

Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> writes:

> Here is an updated version that is independent of the first patch and
> contains all the necessary modifications to make clear_page take a second
> parameter.

I still think the clear_page order addition is completely pointless,
because for > order 0 you probably want a cache bypassing store
in a separate function.

Removing it would also make the patch much less intrusive.

-Andi

  reply	other threads:[~2005-01-06 13:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 266+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-12-15  2:34 [very very drafty] prezeroing to increase the page fault rate Christoph Lameter
2004-12-15 21:21 ` Robin Holt
2004-12-15 21:58 ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-15 22:00 ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-16  0:25 ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-16  0:41 ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-16  0:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-16  0:46 ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-16  0:50 ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-16  0:54 ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-16  1:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-16  1:44 ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-16  1:55 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-16  2:17 ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-16  7:59 ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-16 16:27 ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-16 18:38 ` Luck, Tony
2004-12-16 22:37 ` Nick Piggin
2004-12-21 19:55   ` Increase page fault rate by prezeroing V1 [0/3]: Overview Christoph Lameter
2004-12-21 19:55     ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-21 19:55     ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-21 19:56     ` Increase page fault rate by prezeroing V1 [1/3]: Introduce __GFP_ZERO Christoph Lameter
2004-12-21 19:56     ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-21 19:56       ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-21 19:56       ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-21 19:57     ` Increase page fault rate by prezeroing V1 [2/3]: zeroing and scrubd Christoph Lameter
2004-12-21 19:57     ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-21 19:57       ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-21 19:57       ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-01  2:22       ` Increase page fault rate by prezeroing V1 [2/3]: zeroing and Nick Piggin
2005-01-01  2:22         ` Increase page fault rate by prezeroing V1 [2/3]: zeroing and scrubd Nick Piggin
2005-01-01  2:55         ` pmarques
2005-01-01  2:55           ` pmarques
2004-12-21 19:57     ` Increase page fault rate by prezeroing V1 [3/3]: Altix SN2 BTE Christoph Lameter
2004-12-21 19:57       ` Increase page fault rate by prezeroing V1 [3/3]: Altix SN2 BTE Zeroing Christoph Lameter
2004-12-21 19:57       ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-22 12:46       ` Robin Holt
2004-12-22 12:46         ` Robin Holt
2004-12-22 19:56         ` Increase page fault rate by prezeroing V1 [3/3]: Altix SN2 BTE Christoph Lameter
2004-12-22 19:56           ` Increase page fault rate by prezeroing V1 [3/3]: Altix SN2 BTE Zeroing Christoph Lameter
2004-12-21 19:57     ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-23 19:29     ` Prezeroing V2 [0/3]: Why and When it works Christoph Lameter
2004-12-23 19:29       ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-23 19:29       ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-23 19:33       ` Prezeroing V2 [1/4]: __GFP_ZERO / clear_page() removal Christoph Lameter
2004-12-23 19:33         ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-23 19:33         ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-23 19:33         ` Prezeroing V2 [2/4]: add second parameter to clear_page() for all Christoph Lameter
2004-12-23 19:33           ` Prezeroing V2 [2/4]: add second parameter to clear_page() for all arches Christoph Lameter
2004-12-23 19:33           ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-24  8:33           ` Pavel Machek
2004-12-24  8:33             ` Pavel Machek
2004-12-24  8:33             ` Pavel Machek
2004-12-24 16:18             ` Prezeroing V2 [2/4]: add second parameter to clear_page() for Christoph Lameter
2004-12-24 16:18               ` Prezeroing V2 [2/4]: add second parameter to clear_page() for all arches Christoph Lameter
2004-12-24 16:18               ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-24 16:27               ` Pavel Machek
2004-12-24 16:27                 ` Pavel Machek
2004-12-24 16:27                 ` Pavel Machek
2004-12-24 17:02                 ` Prezeroing V2 [2/4]: add second parameter to clear_page() for David S. Miller
2004-12-24 17:02                   ` Prezeroing V2 [2/4]: add second parameter to clear_page() for all arches David S. Miller
2004-12-24 17:02                   ` David S. Miller
2004-12-24 17:05           ` Prezeroing V2 [2/4]: add second parameter to clear_page() for David S. Miller
2004-12-24 17:05             ` Prezeroing V2 [2/4]: add second parameter to clear_page() for all arches David S. Miller
2004-12-24 17:05             ` David S. Miller
2004-12-27 22:48             ` Prezeroing V2 [2/4]: add second parameter to clear_page() for David S. Miller
2004-12-27 22:48               ` Prezeroing V2 [2/4]: add second parameter to clear_page() for all arches David S. Miller
2004-12-27 22:48               ` David S. Miller
2005-01-03 17:52             ` Prezeroing V2 [2/4]: add second parameter to clear_page() for Christoph Lameter
2005-01-03 17:52               ` Prezeroing V2 [2/4]: add second parameter to clear_page() for all arches Christoph Lameter
2005-01-03 17:52               ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-01 10:24           ` Prezeroing V2 [2/4]: add second parameter to clear_page() for Geert Uytterhoeven
2005-01-01 10:24             ` Prezeroing V2 [2/4]: add second parameter to clear_page() for all arches Geert Uytterhoeven
2005-01-01 10:24             ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2005-01-04 23:12             ` Prezeroing V3 [0/4]: Discussion and i386 performance tests Christoph Lameter
2005-01-04 23:12               ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-04 23:12               ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-04 23:13               ` Prezeroing V3 [1/4]: Allow request for zeroed memory Christoph Lameter
2005-01-04 23:13                 ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-04 23:13                 ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-04 23:45                 ` Dave Hansen
2005-01-04 23:45                   ` Dave Hansen
2005-01-04 23:45                   ` Dave Hansen
2005-01-05  1:16                   ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-05  1:16                     ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-05  1:16                     ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-05  1:26                     ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-05  1:26                       ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-05  1:26                       ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-05 23:11                       ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-05 23:11                         ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-05 23:11                         ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-05  0:34                 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-05  0:34                   ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-05  0:34                   ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-05  0:47                   ` Andrew Morton
2005-01-05  0:47                     ` Andrew Morton
2005-01-05  0:47                     ` Andrew Morton
2005-01-05  1:15                     ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-05  1:15                       ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-05  1:15                       ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-08 21:12                 ` Hugh Dickins
2005-01-08 21:12                   ` Hugh Dickins
2005-01-08 21:12                   ` Hugh Dickins
2005-01-08 21:56                   ` David S. Miller
2005-01-08 21:56                     ` David S. Miller
2005-01-08 21:56                     ` David S. Miller
2005-01-21 20:09                     ` alloc_zeroed_user_highpage to fix the clear_user_highpage issue Christoph Lameter
2005-01-21 20:09                       ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-21 20:09                       ` Christoph Lameter
2005-02-09  9:58                       ` [Patch] Fix oops in alloc_zeroed_user_highpage() when page is NULL Michael Ellerman
2005-02-09  9:58                         ` Michael Ellerman
2005-02-09  9:58                         ` Michael Ellerman
2005-02-10  0:38                         ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-21 20:12                     ` Extend clear_page by an order parameter Christoph Lameter
2005-01-21 20:12                       ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-21 20:12                       ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-21 22:29                       ` Paul Mackerras
2005-01-21 22:29                         ` Paul Mackerras
2005-01-21 22:29                         ` Paul Mackerras
2005-01-21 23:48                         ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-21 23:48                           ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-21 23:48                           ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-22  0:35                           ` Paul Mackerras
2005-01-22  0:35                             ` Paul Mackerras
2005-01-22  0:35                             ` Paul Mackerras
2005-01-22  0:43                             ` Andrew Morton
2005-01-22  0:43                               ` Andrew Morton
2005-01-22  0:43                               ` Andrew Morton
2005-01-22  1:08                               ` Paul Mackerras
2005-01-22  1:08                                 ` Paul Mackerras
2005-01-22  1:08                                 ` Paul Mackerras
2005-01-22  1:20                               ` Roman Zippel
2005-01-22  1:20                                 ` Roman Zippel
2005-01-22  1:20                                 ` Roman Zippel
2005-01-22  1:25                               ` Paul Mackerras
2005-01-22  1:25                                 ` Paul Mackerras
2005-01-22  1:25                                 ` Paul Mackerras
2005-01-22  1:54                                 ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-22  1:54                                   ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-22  1:54                                   ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-22  2:53                                   ` Paul Mackerras
2005-01-22  2:53                                     ` Paul Mackerras
2005-01-22  2:53                                     ` Paul Mackerras
2005-01-23  7:45                       ` Andrew Morton
2005-01-23  7:45                         ` Andrew Morton
2005-01-23  7:45                         ` Andrew Morton
2005-01-24 16:37                         ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-24 16:37                           ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-24 16:37                           ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-24 20:23                           ` David S. Miller
2005-01-24 20:23                             ` David S. Miller
2005-01-24 20:23                             ` David S. Miller
2005-01-24 20:33                             ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-24 20:33                               ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-24 20:33                               ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-21 20:15                     ` A scrub daemon (prezeroing) Christoph Lameter
2005-01-21 20:15                       ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-10 17:16                   ` Prezeroing V3 [1/4]: Allow request for zeroed memory Christoph Lameter
2005-01-10 17:16                     ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-10 17:16                     ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-10 18:13                     ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-10 18:13                       ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-10 18:13                       ` Linus Torvalds
2005-01-10 20:17                       ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-10 20:17                         ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-10 20:17                         ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-10 23:53                       ` Prezeroing V4 [0/4]: Overview Christoph Lameter
2005-01-10 23:53                         ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-10 23:53                         ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-10 23:54                         ` Prezeroing V4 [1/4]: Arch specific page zeroing during page fault Christoph Lameter
2005-01-10 23:54                           ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-10 23:54                           ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-11  0:41                           ` Chris Wright
2005-01-11  0:41                             ` Chris Wright
2005-01-11  0:41                             ` Chris Wright
2005-01-11  0:46                             ` Prezeroing V4 [1/4]: Arch specific page zeroing during page Christoph Lameter
2005-01-11  0:46                               ` Prezeroing V4 [1/4]: Arch specific page zeroing during page fault Christoph Lameter
2005-01-11  0:46                               ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-11  0:49                               ` Chris Wright
2005-01-11  0:49                                 ` Chris Wright
2005-01-11  0:49                                 ` Chris Wright
2005-01-10 23:55                         ` Prezeroing V4 [2/4]: Zeroing implementation Christoph Lameter
2005-01-10 23:55                           ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-10 23:55                           ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-10 23:55                         ` Prezeroing V4 [3/4]: Altix SN2 BTE zero driver Christoph Lameter
2005-01-10 23:55                           ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-10 23:55                           ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-10 23:56                         ` Prezeroing V4 [4/4]: Extend clear_page to take an order parameter Christoph Lameter
2005-01-10 23:56                           ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-10 23:56                           ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-04 23:14               ` Prezeroing V3 [2/4]: Extension of clear_page to take an order Christoph Lameter
2005-01-04 23:14                 ` Prezeroing V3 [2/4]: Extension of clear_page to take an order parameter Christoph Lameter
2005-01-04 23:14                 ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-05 23:25                 ` Prezeroing V3 [2/4]: Extension of clear_page to take an order Christoph Lameter
2005-01-05 23:25                   ` Prezeroing V3 [2/4]: Extension of clear_page to take an order parameter Christoph Lameter
2005-01-05 23:25                   ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-06 13:52                   ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2005-01-06 17:47                     ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-04 23:15               ` Prezeroing V3 [3/4]: Page zeroing through kscrubd Christoph Lameter
2005-01-04 23:15                 ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-04 23:15                 ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-04 23:16               ` Prezeroing V3 [4/4]: Driver for hardware zeroing on Altix Christoph Lameter
2005-01-04 23:16                 ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-04 23:16                 ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-05  2:16                 ` Andi Kleen
2005-01-05 16:24                   ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-23 19:34         ` Prezeroing V2 [3/4]: Add support for ZEROED and NOT_ZEROED free maps Christoph Lameter
2004-12-23 19:34           ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-23 19:34           ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-23 19:35         ` Prezeroing V2 [4/4]: Hardware Zeroing through SGI BTE Christoph Lameter
2004-12-23 19:35           ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-23 19:35           ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-23 20:08         ` Prezeroing V2 [1/4]: __GFP_ZERO / clear_page() removal Brian Gerst
2004-12-23 20:08           ` Brian Gerst
2004-12-23 20:08           ` Brian Gerst
2004-12-24 16:24           ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-24 16:24             ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-24 16:24             ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-23 19:49       ` Prezeroing V2 [0/3]: Why and When it works Arjan van de Ven
2004-12-23 19:49         ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-12-23 19:49         ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-12-23 20:57       ` Matt Mackall
2004-12-23 20:57         ` Matt Mackall
2004-12-23 20:57         ` Matt Mackall
2004-12-23 21:01       ` Paul Mackerras
2004-12-23 21:01         ` Paul Mackerras
2004-12-23 21:01         ` Paul Mackerras
2004-12-23 21:11       ` Paul Mackerras
2004-12-23 21:11         ` Paul Mackerras
2004-12-23 21:11         ` Paul Mackerras
2004-12-23 21:37         ` Andrew Morton
2004-12-23 21:37           ` Andrew Morton
2004-12-23 21:37           ` Andrew Morton
2004-12-23 23:00           ` Paul Mackerras
2004-12-23 23:00             ` Paul Mackerras
2004-12-23 23:00             ` Paul Mackerras
2004-12-23 21:48         ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-23 21:48           ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-23 21:48           ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-23 22:34           ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-12-23 22:34             ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-12-23 22:34             ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2004-12-24  9:14           ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-12-24  9:14             ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-12-24  9:14             ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-12-24 18:21             ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-24 18:21               ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-24 18:21               ` Linus Torvalds
2004-12-24 18:57               ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-12-24 18:57                 ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-12-24 18:57                 ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-12-27 22:50               ` David S. Miller
2004-12-27 22:50                 ` David S. Miller
2004-12-27 22:50                 ` David S. Miller
2004-12-28 11:53                 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2004-12-28 11:53                   ` Marcelo Tosatti
2004-12-28 11:53                   ` Marcelo Tosatti
2004-12-24 16:17           ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-24 16:17             ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-24 16:17             ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-24 18:31     ` Increase page fault rate by prezeroing V1 [0/3]: Overview Andrea Arcangeli
2004-12-24 18:31       ` Andrea Arcangeli
2005-01-03 17:54       ` Christoph Lameter
2005-01-03 17:54         ` Christoph Lameter
2004-12-21 19:55   ` Christoph Lameter

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