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From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
To: Gerrit Huizenga <gh@us.ibm.com>
Cc: akpm@digeo.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.5.43-mm2] New shared page table patch
Date: 23 Oct 2002 05:03:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3fzuxq2k5.fsf@averell.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1844MH-00027H-00@w-gerrit2>

Gerrit Huizenga <gh@us.ibm.com> writes:

> If the shared pte patch had mmap support, then all shared libraries
> would benefit.  Might need to align them to 4 MB boundaries for best
> results, which would also be easy for libraries with unspecified
> attach addresses (e.g. most shared libraries).

But only if the shared libraries are a multiple of 2/4MB, otherwise you'll
waste memory. Or do you propose to link multiple mmap'ed libraries together
into the same page ? 

But I agree it would be nice to have a chattr for files that tells
mmap() to use large pages for them.

-Andi

  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-10-23  2:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-10-18 23:06 [PATCH 2.5.43-mm2] New shared page table patch Dave McCracken
2002-10-19  1:32 ` Ed Tomlinson
2002-10-19 19:17 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-10-19 19:36   ` Dave McCracken
2002-10-20  4:20     ` Eric W. Biederman
2002-10-20  6:18   ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-10-21 14:55     ` Eric W. Biederman
2002-10-21 15:21       ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-10-22  3:54         ` Eric W. Biederman
2002-10-22  5:55           ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-10-22 16:09             ` Rik van Riel
2002-10-22 16:14               ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-10-22 18:06                 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-10-22 19:02                   ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-10-22 19:21                     ` Dave McCracken
2002-10-24 10:50                       ` Bill Davidsen
2002-10-24 14:22                         ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-10-24 14:38                           ` Dave McCracken
2002-10-24 14:51                             ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-10-25 17:31                           ` Bill Davidsen
2002-10-24 10:42                     ` Bill Davidsen
2002-10-22 17:19               ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-10-22 17:36                 ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-10-22 17:45                   ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-10-22 17:56                     ` Andrew Morton
2002-10-22 18:01                       ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-10-22 19:03                         ` Martin J. Bligh
2002-10-22 20:23                           ` Alan Cox
2002-10-22 21:33                             ` Gerrit Huizenga
2002-10-22 18:22                     ` Alan Cox
2002-10-22 18:47                       ` Gerrit Huizenga
2002-10-22 18:55                         ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-10-22 19:27                           ` Gerrit Huizenga
2002-10-22 19:29                             ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-10-22 19:56                             ` Arjan van de Ven
2002-10-22 14:26           ` Rik van Riel
2002-10-22 17:09             ` Andrew Morton
2002-10-22 17:15               ` Rik van Riel
2002-10-22 18:36                 ` Dave McCracken
2002-10-22 18:49                   ` Andrew Morton
2002-10-22 19:06                     ` Gerrit Huizenga
2002-10-22 19:29                       ` Dave McCracken
2002-10-23  3:03                       ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2002-10-23  3:10                         ` Rik van Riel
2002-10-23 17:49                         ` Gerrit Huizenga
     [not found]                   ` <Pine.LNX.4.44L.0210221514430.1648-100000@duckman.distro.conecti va>
2002-10-22 19:11                     ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-10-22 19:29                       ` Gerrit Huizenga
2002-10-22 18:45               ` Gerrit Huizenga
2002-10-22 17:54             ` Bill Davidsen

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