Re: [QUICKLIST 3/4] Quicklist support for x86_64
From: Andi Kleen
Date: Mon Apr 09 2007 - 14:49:58 EST
>
> It has to be done in sync with tlb flushing.
Why?
> Doing that on memory pressure
> would complicate things significantly.
Again why?
> Also idling means that the cache
> grows cold.
Does it? Unless you worry about interrupts nothing in idle
is going to thrash caches.
-Andi
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