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A comment on PipesFS: Fast Linux I/O in the Unix Tradition (2008). Parent comment

Re:PipesFS: Fast Linux I/O in the Unix Tradition (2008) by en4bz on Sunday July 15, 2018 @05:13PM (#17537111)
Modifying virtual mappings tends to be just as expensive as copying.
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Re:PipesFS: Fast Linux I/O in the Unix Tradition (2008) by voidlogic on Monday July 16, 2018 @01:43AM (#17539022)
I'd be curious to see if this is still true with large page sizes and to see on current processors where the cross over point is.
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