Re: Per-Processor Data Paget

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 9 Dec 1999 23:09:00 +0000 (GMT)

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> I believe the TLB flush argument is not necessarily relevent for the
> following reasons:
>
> 1) This assumes that the next thread to be scheduled will be
> sharing the address space. Otherwise, the TLB flush is
> necessary anyway (except, of course, for pages marked with
> the global bit, which the per-processor data page would not
> be).

It is normal for our threads to share address space. Trying to use
a sledgehammer to fix a minor kink simply makes larger dents.

Alan

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