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Compiler directed Page coloring
- From: "Sarnath Kannan" <sparc64 at rediffmail dot com>
- To: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 28 Mar 2003 07:09:15 -0000
- Subject: Compiler directed Page coloring
- Reply-to: "Sarnath Kannan" <sparc64 at rediffmail dot com>
Hi,
I am new to this group.
For quite a while, I have been thinking about "compiler
directed page coloring" which could be used to enhance
performance of GNU/Linux system. One can implement
page-coloring
in the Linux kernel with the help of
application-specific-inputs
from GCC. Such models had already been researched and
investigate by
many scholars. (Please check out "citeseer" and Google for more
info)
I have a few questions:
1) Is this mailing list the correct place for this suggestion
?
2) Are any of you interested in this idea ?
3) If so, What sort of inputs can GCC to the kernel w.r.t page
coloring ? Can It be done ? I think "Flow graphs",
"tracking data access, and other subtle nuances come into
picture.
Can such information be given by GCC ? I dont know anything
about
GCC internals. I am a mere user.
4) In case one starts to implement, we need to take help from
the
linux-kernel guys so that we evolve a proper model for this
and
develop the entire thing independently. People from both
areas
may need to work in testing/benchmarking etc.. So Is this
all
possible (given the limited resources of developers and
their
work load)
Thanks for any feedback,
Pardon me if this is out of context of the group.
/ /
Sarnath
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