linux-kernel - Re: Efficient Use of the Page Cache with 64 KB Pages

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Date:	Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:55:58 -0700
From:	"Tony Luck" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:	"Christoph Lameter" <clameter@....com>
Cc:	"Sandeep Kumar" <sandeepksinha@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, shaggy@...tin.ibm.com
Subject: Re: Efficient Use of the Page Cache with 64 KB Pages

On 9/19/06, Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com> wrote:
> IA64 has supported 64k page size from the beginning. Since some
> years before the end of the last decade. It is only the hardware
> limitations on IA32 that hold us back.

But memory usage with a 64K page size can get out of hand (especially
if you have an application that uses a lot of small files).  Dave Kleikamp's
tail pages would help make 64K page size more generally palatable.

-Tony

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