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Date:	Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:09:40 +1000
From:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
To:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
Subject: [patches] threaded vma patches (was Re: missing madvise functionality)

Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Nick Piggin a écrit :
> 
>> Eric Dumazet wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I do think such workloads might benefit from a vma_cache not shared 
>>> by all threads but private to each thread. A sequence could 
>>> invalidate the cache(s).
>>>
>>> ie instead of a mm->mmap_cache, having a mm->sequence, and each 
>>> thread having a current->mmap_cache and current->mm_sequence
>>
>>
>> I have a patchset to do exactly this, btw.
> 
> 
> Could you repost it please ?

Sure. I'll send you them privately because they're against an older
kernel.

>> Anyway what is the status of the private futex work. I don't think that
>> is very intrusive or complicated, so it should get merged ASAP (so then
>> at least we have the interface there).
>>
> 
> It seems nobody but you and me cared.

Sad. Although Ulrich did seem interested at one point I think? Ulrich,
do you agree at least with the interface that Eric is proposing? If
yes, then Andrew, do you have any objections to putting Eric's fairly
important patch at least into -mm?

-- 
SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.
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