Re: [QUICKLIST 3/4] Quicklist support for x86_64

Andi Kleen
2007-04-09T18:49:34Z

>
> It has to be done in sync with tlb flushing.

Why?

> Doing that on memory pressure
> would complicate things significantly.

Again why?

> Also idling means that the cache
> grows cold.

Does it? Unless you worry about interrupts nothing in idle
is going to thrash caches.

-Andi