Re: [Libhugetlbfs-devel] [RFC][PATCH] Partial segment remapping

2007-02-10 Thread Nishanth Aravamudan
On 10.02.2007 [17:41:04 -0600], Bill Buros wrote: > > > > >> eh?As a user, would does this do?It lets me skip the linking > >step? > > > >Sort of. So, if you're a user and you have a binary with a large BSS, > >and maybe don't know if you want to try and relink the binary, but would > >lik

Re: [Libhugetlbfs-devel] [RFC][PATCH] Partial segment remapping

2007-02-10 Thread Bill Buros
> eh?As a user, would does this do?It lets me skip the linking step? Sort of. So, if you're a user and you have a binary with a large BSS, and maybe don't know if you want to try and relink the binary, but would like to see what is possible, performance-wise, if you were to relink the bi

Re: [Libhugetlbfs-devel] [RFC][PATCH] Partial segment remapping

2007-02-10 Thread Nishanth Aravamudan
On 10.02.2007 [15:40:56 -0600], Bill Buros wrote: > > Add support for partial segment remapping, where non-relinked binaries > >can try to take advantage of libhugetlbfs' segment remapping code. By > >LD_PRELOAD'ing the library and specifying the __executable_start address > >in the HUGETLB_FORCE_

Re: [Libhugetlbfs-devel] [RFC][PATCH] Partial segment remapping

2007-02-10 Thread Bill Buros
Add support for partial segment remapping, where non-relinked binaries can try to take advantage of libhugetlbfs' segment remapping code. By LD_PRELOAD'ing the library and specifying the __executable_start address in the HUGETLB_FORCE_REMAP variable, the library mimics the behavior it would have