Le Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:07:40 +0200, Rene Herman <rene.herman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > I don't even really have a good idea of WHAT is being allocated here > though and will not be finding out due to a fairly high non-interest > in the specifics of filesystems. The usual context in wich to find > the term "colouring" is in "cache colouring", where you lay out data > so that the chances of two bits of said data competing for the same > cacheline are diminished and knowing that I felt that a reply, even > though it did no more than repeat the source code comment really, > could perhaps still be useful. Wikipedia has a page about this, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_coloring>. Fairly limited, though. Sincerly, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons Kernel, drivers and embedded Linux development, consulting, training and support. http://free-electrons.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
