linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: fix /proc/meminfo DirectMap

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Date:	Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:36:32 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: fix /proc/meminfo DirectMap

> Yes, that's what I meant by the TLB optimizers.  But it's going to
> be a fractional effect, isn't it, when you're trying to get the last
> 1% out of the machine?  

Depending on the workload it can be much more than that.

-Andi
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