Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 13:53:08 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Nero <neroz@dingoblue.net.au> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new page cache for linux Message-ID: <3C62F744.96069B4A@mindspring.com> References: <20020208025900.4717cf72.neroz@dingoblue.net.au>
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Nero wrote: > Just thought I'd bring your attention to the new "radix tree page cache" > in use by linux - I dont know what freebsd do at the moment, but it looks > like it will improve scalability (you guys might want to use the idea). > Anyway, heres the link: http://lwn.net/2002/0207/kernel.php3 You should look at how FreeBSD already handles this problem. Note also that as physical memory approaches real memory in size, the sparseness of the mapping goes to zero. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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