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Scalable kernels

robert_jay_gould
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‎04-01-2008 09:17 PM
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Hi, I've been curious about the current state of scalable kernels. I tried looking around, but didn't find anything besides some research papers, and a few early Linux branches. Even after making our applications as concurrent as possible, the final software bottle-neck is the kernel.

Anyone have any pointers?

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Thomas_W_Intel
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‎04-02-2008 03:53 AM
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Robert,

What exactly is the bottleneck in the kernel? Memory routines, task switching, I/O, or something else? Can you quantify how much time is spent in the kernel vs. user space?

Kind regards

Thomas

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