Re: [PATCH] Radix-tree pagecache for 2.5

From: Rik van Riel (riel@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Tue Jan 29 2002 - 18:35:38 EST


On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Alan Cox wrote:

> > We can let oracle shared memory segments use 4 MB pages,
> > but still use the normal page cache code to look up the
> > pages.
>
> That has some potential big wins beyond oracle. Some of the big number
> crunching algorithms also benefit heavily from 4Mb pages even when you
> try and minimise tlb misses.

Note that I'm not sure whether the complexity of using
4 MB pages is worth it or not ... I just like the fact
that the radix tree page cache gives us the opportunity
to easily implement and try it.

I like radix trees for making our design more flexible
and opening doors to possible new functionality.

It could even be a CONFIG option for the embedded folks,
if we can keep the code isolated enough ;)

cheers,

Rik

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