Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 10:34:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: Jeff Roberson <jroberson@chesapeake.net> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Scheduler patch, ready for commit. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0210101032140.18017-100000@root.org> In-Reply-To: <20021010022058.A23516-100000@mail.chesapeake.net>
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On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Jeff Roberson wrote: > Yes, I agree, this is an important next step. I'm thinking that the > scheduler should indicate how much space is needed to the proc allocation > code. This much extra space could be allocated, and a pointer to > scheduler specific data could really be a pointer within that allocated > structure. This way it might be near enough for processor caches to be > effective. Clearly this needs more work. That is outside of the scope of > the current patch though. > > Thanks, > Jeff Just a minor point: if it's allocated as one chunk, the offset will need to be word-aligned. -Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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