Re: [PATCH] [RFC] Optimize select/poll by putting small data sets on the stack

On 1/3/06, Andi Kleen <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is a RFC for now. I would be interested in testing
> feedback. Patch is for 2.6.15.
>
> Optimize select and poll by a using stack space for small fd sets
>
> This brings back an old optimization from Linux 2.0. Using
> the stack is faster than kmalloc. On a Intel P4 system
[snip]

Got an easy way to benchmark this?
I'd like to test it on my box and provide some feedback, but I'd need
a way to benchmark, and if you have an easy way to do that already
figured out it would save me having to write my own :)

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