Re: [0/2][ANNOUNCE] nproc: netlink access to /proc information

[William Lee Irwin III]

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:23:08 -0700, William Lee Irwin III wrote:
>> I see no evidence that this will be a speedup with large numbers of
>> processes, as the problematic algorithms are preserved wholesale.

On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 07:01:43PM +0200, Roger Luethi wrote:
> It doesn't fundamentally change the complexity, but I expect the
> reduction in overhead to be noticeable, mostly due to:
> - no more string parsing.
> - fewer system calls.
> - fewer cycles wasted on calculating unnecessary data fields.

After some closer review it appears recent algorithmic improvements
are largely orthogonal to your interface change; the new interface
may just call the improved algorithms.


-- wli
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