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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Qt->glib main event loop patch (common main loop)
From:       Martin Konold <martin.konold () erfrakon ! de>
Date:       2005-11-15 20:01:29
Message-ID: 200511152101.30208.martin.konold () erfrakon ! de
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Am Dienstag, 15. November 2005 18:38 schrieb Thiago Macieira:

Hi,

> Martin Konold wrote:
> >> It's mapped into virtual memory, only the pages that get actually used
> >> are mapped into physical memory.
> >
> >In contrast to what most people (incl. kernel and glibc people) claim
> > the mapping is not entirely free.
>
> No, not really. If a page has not been faulted in, it hasn't been mapped
> to physical memory yet and does not occupy buffers or cache (it may
> already be in cache, but that's another story).

I mainly mean fragmentation effects and CPU time.

Regards,
-- martin

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