Re: [tip:sched/numa] sched/numa: Introduce sys_numa_{t,m}bind()

[Pekka Enberg]

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am not convinced this is the right way forward.
>
> While this may work well for programs written in languages
> with pointers, and for virtual machines, I do not see how
> eg. a JVM could provide useful hints to the kernel, because
> the Java program running on top has no idea about the
> memory addresses of its objects, and the Java language has
> no way to hint which thread will be the predominant user
> of an object.

True.

OTOH, while autonuma seems to be better for the JVM, numa sched is a
significant improvement over current code:

http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1204.0/01200.html

Why is that?
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