How to Improve Single-Threaded Task Speed on Linux? New Patch Provides Answers on 256 Cores
Abstract Recently, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi from SUSE submitted a set of RFC patches aimed at enhancing the performance of single-threaded tasks running on high-core-count CPUs (many-core CPUs). The core of the optimization lies in restructuring the <span><span>rss_stat</span></span> structure used in the kernel to record the Resident Set Size (RSS) of processes. The author noted that … Read more