Re: [PATCH] Cpuset: rcu optimization of page alloc hook

Paul Jackson
2005-12-13T22:35:22Z

Eric wrote:
> But the initial pointer *should* be in a cache line shared by all cpus to get
> best performance.

No - not if that pointer is seldom used. Then its location does not
directly affect performance at all, and better for it to be used as
"inert filler" to fill out cache lines of words that are write hot.

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