From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 15:37:27 -0500 From: Timur Tabi In-Reply-To: References: <20000621200418Z131176-21004+46@kanga.kvack.org> Subject: Re: 2.4: why is NR_GFPINDEX so large? Message-Id: <20000621204403Z131176-21002+38@kanga.kvack.org> Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Linux MM mailing list List-ID: ** Reply to message from Puppetmaster on Wed, 21 Jun 2000 16:23:30 -0400 (EDT) > > >Be aware > > > of any cache footprint issues though. > > > > Ok, you just lost me. What's a "cache footprint"? > Cache footprint refers to the amount of space code/data take up in the > cache. This is important for code that is frequently executed, as it is > very good performance-wise to have the nescessary data and code entirely > in the L1 cache. So what does that have to do with NR_GFPINDEX? -- Timur Tabi - ttabi@interactivesi.com Interactive Silicon - http://www.interactivesi.com When replying to a mailing-list message, please don't cc: me, because then I'll just get two copies of the same message. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/