On Sunday 02 November 2003 05:34 pm, Charles M. Hannum wrote:
> On Sunday 02 November 2003 08:20 am, YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > attached patch shrinks pv_entry by eliminating pv_pmap member.
> > while this increases cost to get pmap pointer a little,
> > i think size of pv_entry is more important.
> >
> > any comments?
> >
> > YAMAMOTO Takashi
>
> Is there even a reason to have pv_compare() look at these values?  Why not
> "sort" strictly based on the pv_entry pointers themselves, or pv->pv_pte?

Er, this can't be done right on x86, but stayed tuned...