From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 16:23:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Puppetmaster Subject: Re: 2.4: why is NR_GFPINDEX so large? In-Reply-To: <20000621200418Z131176-21004+46@kanga.kvack.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Timur Tabi Cc: Linux MM mailing list List-ID: On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Timur Tabi wrote: > ** Reply to message from Kanoj Sarcar on Wed, 21 > Jun 2000 12:56:12 -0700 (PDT) > > > > This is a left over from the days when we had a few more __GFP_ flags, > > but that has been cleaned up now, so NR_GFPINDEX can go down. > > Cool. I'm glad to see that my questions wasn't stupid :-) > > >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. > > > > > -- > 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/ > -- Master! Master! Where's the dreams that I've been after? Master! Master! Promised only lies! Laughter! Laughter! All I hear and see is laughter, Laughter! Laughter! Laughing at my cries! -- 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/