Hi On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 11:30, Prabhu nath <gprabhunath@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes please. Nice to have your say on this. Please don't top post :) First, do you know what TLB is? It caches latest address translation, correct? Thus, by doing the function call, it is likely that new virtual address needs to be translated to physical address, right? And...where do you think it will end up? TLB again, right? And since TLB size is not that big...guess how it manages itself in that situation.... again ...simple...FIFO.... or anything like that...but you get the basic message. :) -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ