* Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Building the kernel is obviously a prime workload - and given that > > the kernel is active only about 10% of the time for a typical > > kernel build, a 1-2% speedup means a 10-20% speedup in kernel > > performance (which sounds a bit too good at first glance). > > Maybe a extra time tlb flush causes more tlb refill that cost much > user space time. All these things are measurable, that way maybes can be converted into certainty. Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>