Re: CVS commit: [vmlocking] src/sys/uvm

[David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost>]

On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 08:47:04PM +0000, Andrew Doran wrote:
> 
> Module Name:  src
> Committed By: ad
> Date:         Sat Apr 28 20:47:04 UTC 2007
> 
> Modified Files:
>       src/sys/uvm [vmlocking]: uvm.h uvm_init.c uvm_page.c
> 
> Log Message:
> Split uvm_hashlock into an array of 32 locks.

Is it sensible to put more than one lock in a single cache line?
(Which is what I suspect this change does.)
Since that generates many more cache snoops that strictly necessary.

        David

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