As part of research we did at UNSW, we implemented the long format VHPT as well as some experimental features to improve TLB coverage (sharing of RIDs for text regions, and a global shared mmap region with protection keys for protection). We are now making these patches available. The long format VHPT patch should be fairly stable. It could be used as a basis for future work on superpages etc. The sharing patches are experimental, and were intended to evaluate the performance effects of such changes. They are not ready for "prime time". All of the relevant information is at: http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/sharedtlb/ Thanks in particular to Ian Wienand for his excellent help in testing, benchmarking, and preparing the above page. MattReceived on Tue May 27 19:37:38 2003
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