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Message-ID: <473DC10B.5000702@zytor.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:10:51 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
CC: William Lee Irwin III <wli@...omorphy.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Why preallocate pmd in x86 32-bit PAE?
Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Friday 16 November 2007 16:45:16 H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Andi Kleen wrote:
>>>> I think Jeremy's question was due to trying to reduce the 32/64-bit
>>>> differences. Performance-wise, it might add a small amount to user
>>>> setup time (a typical 32-bit process will need all four, for the main
>>>> binary, libraries, stack and kernel, respectively)
>>> With the new top down mmap layout and standard 3:1 split it should typically
>>> only need two.
>>>
>> Well, three with the kernel.
>
> I didn't count kernel because it is always fixed anyways and about zero
> overhead for the normal setup case.
>
Of course, but it was in the original list so...
-hpa
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