Anupam Kapoor wrote: > > Hi all, > > In the 'Understanding The Linux Kernl by Orielly' it is mentioned that > 'the physical address is stored in a TLB entry, so that future > references to the same linear address can be quickly translated'. > > What is sort of confusing to me is : isnt it more likely that you are > going to access a location in the same _page_ rather than the same > _location_ itself ? So why store the _whole_ address ? > > Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. You are correct. Essentially, what is stored in the (x86) TLB is the page-table entry. Cheers, -- Joe -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
