From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:31:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20080325.173146.238342309.davem@davemloft.net> Subject: Re: larger default page sizes... From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <87od925o15.wl%peter@chubb.wattle.id.au> References: <87tziu5q37.wl%peter@chubb.wattle.id.au> <20080325.164927.249210766.davem@davemloft.net> <87od925o15.wl%peter@chubb.wattle.id.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org From: Peter Chubb Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:25:58 +1100 Return-Path: To: peterc@gelato.unsw.edu.au Cc: clameter@sgi.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, ianw@gelato.unsw.edu.au List-ID: > That depends on the access pattern. Absolutely. FWIW, I bet it helps enormously for gcc which, even for small compiles, swims around chaotically in an 8MB pool of GC'd memory. -- 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-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org