Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261706AbVC3Bib (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:38:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261709AbVC3Bib (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:38:31 -0500 Received: from fmr24.intel.com ([143.183.121.16]:36491 "EHLO scsfmr004.sc.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261706AbVC3Bi1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:38:27 -0500 Message-Id: <200503300138.j2U1cJg03717@unix-os.sc.intel.com> From: "Chen, Kenneth W" To: "'Nick Piggin'" , "Linus Torvalds" Cc: "'Andrew Morton'" , Subject: RE: Industry db benchmark result on recent 2.6 kernels Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:38:19 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 Thread-Index: AcU0yDPVKrYztiK1ToGHUajNySzDtQAAHX6g In-Reply-To: <424A0172.2010609@yahoo.com.au> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 682 Lines: 16 Nick Piggin wrote on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 5:32 PM > If it is doing a lot of mapping/unmapping (or fork/exit), then that > might explain why 2.6.11 is worse. > > Fortunately there are more patches to improve this on the way. Once benchmark reaches steady state, there is no mapping/unmapping going on. Actually, the virtual address space for all the processes are so stable at steady state that we don't even see it grow or shrink. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/