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keydata= xjMEY+ZIvRYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdA9FwYskD/5BFmiiTgktstviS9svHeszG2JfIkUqjxf+/N JU5pa2l0YSBLYWx5YXppbiA8a2FseWF6aW5AYW1hem9uLmNvbT7CjwQTFggANxYhBGhhGDEy BjLQwD9FsK+SyiCpmmTzBQJnrNfABQkFps9DAhsDBAsJCAcFFQgJCgsFFgIDAQAACgkQr5LK IKmaZPOpfgD/exazh4C2Z8fNEz54YLJ6tuFEgQrVQPX6nQ/PfQi2+dwBAMGTpZcj9Z9NvSe1 CmmKYnYjhzGxzjBs8itSUvWIcMsFzjgEY+ZIvRIKKwYBBAGXVQEFAQEHQCqd7/nb2tb36vZt ubg1iBLCSDctMlKHsQTp7wCnEc4RAwEIB8J+BBgWCAAmFiEEaGEYMTIGMtDAP0Wwr5LKIKma ZPMFAmes18AFCQWmz0MCGwwACgkQr5LKIKmaZPNTlQEA+q+rGFn7273rOAg+rxPty0M8lJbT i2kGo8RmPPLu650A/1kWgz1AnenQUYzTAFnZrKSsXAw5WoHaDLBz9kiO5pAK In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ClientProxiedBy: EX19D006EUA002.ant.amazon.com (10.252.50.65) To EX19D005EUB003.ant.amazon.com (10.252.51.31) On 16/01/2026 18:10, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote: > On Fri, 2026-01-16 at 17:51 +0000, Nikita Kalyazin wrote: >> Yes, this is a problem that we'd like to address. We have been >> discussing it in [1]. The effect of flushing on memory population >> that we see on x86 is 5-7x elongation. We are thinking of making use >> of the no-direct-map memory allocator that Brendan is working on [2]. > > Ah, makes sense. > > Do you plan to merge this before the performance problems are > addressed? I guess this series focuses on safety and functionality > first. Yes, we'd like to merge the functional part first and then optimise it in the further series. >