Re: Populating multiple ptes at fault time

From: KOSAKI Motohiro
Date: Thu Sep 18 2008 - 03:01:20 EST


> Hi, all
>
> I have been thinking about this idea in native.
> I didn't consider it in minor page fault.
> As you know, it costs more cheap than major fault.
> However, the page fault is one of big bottleneck on demand-paging system.
> I think major fault might be a rather big overhead in many core system.
>
> What do you think about this idea in native ?
> Do you really think that this idea don't help much in native ?
>
> If I implement it in native, What kinds of benchmark do I need?
> Could you recommend any benchmark ?

I guess it is also useful for native.
Then, if you post patch & benchmark result, I'll review it with presusure.




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