Re: Kernel code and processor's Cache

feng writes:
the kernel cache does not have to be too big if the processor cost is
the main hindrance behind the idea.

The designers have already devoted as much chip area as makes economic
sense to cache. Therefor every line of kernel cache means one less line
of user cache, and the kernel cache will be idle almost all the time.
It makes much more sense to trade off the cost of the rare occasions on
which the kernel flushes useful user data out of the cache for the
benefit of maximizing user cache all of the rest of the time.

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John Hasler
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