Subject: Re: uvm_pageidlezero()
To: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@netbsd.org>
From: Daniel Carosone <dan@geek.com.au>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/21/2005 09:36:33
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On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 11:02:36PM +0200, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 01:00:42AM +0400, Valeriy E. Ushakov wrote:
>=20
> > IIRC, some ports don't call uvm_pageidlezero as it's considered harmful.
>=20
> Why? Cache poisoning?

Yes.  I think there may have been other reasons as well, but this is
the one I remember. :-)

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Dan.

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