linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/9] rework of extended state handling, LWP support

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Date:	Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:01:27 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Hans Rosenfeld <hans.rosenfeld@....com>
CC:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...e.hu, suresh.b.siddha@...el.com, eranian@...gle.com,
	brgerst@...il.com, robert.richter@....com,
	Andreas.Herrmann3@....com, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] rework of extended state handling, LWP support

On 12/01/2011 12:36 PM, Hans Rosenfeld wrote:
> 
> So I assume, if you have 10000s of processes on a legacy 32bit system
> that never do any FPU stuff or SSE optimizations, you might indeed waste
> a couple of megabytes. I don't think thats very realistic, but that's
> just my opinion.
> 

A couple of megabytes of *lowmem*...

	-hpa


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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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