> Thank you for this elaborate clarification. I was indeed interested in #3, > although #1 and #2 are also interesting. from what i recall, la_ctx measures #3. it does so by creating a ring of unix processs connected with pipe, and then passes a token around, each processes does some work polluting the both instruction and data caches. anupam -- In the beginning was the lambda, and the lambda was with Emacs, and Emacs was the lambda. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ