Re: [RFC][PATCH 6/8] mm: handle_speculative_fault()

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Fri Jan 08 2010 - 13:46:31 EST


Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Can we at least consider a typical standard business server, dual quad
> core hyperthreaded with 16 "cpus"? Cacheline contention will increase
> significantly there.

This year's standard server will be more like 24-64 "cpus"

Cheating with locks usually doesn't work anymore at these sizes.

-Andi

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