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cryptonector
1y ago
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Plus 53-bit indices exceed the amount of memory that many 64-bit architectures can address (x86_64 is 48 bits, ARM is either 48 or 52 bits).
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zokier
1y ago
x86-64 is 57 bits these days
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_5-level_paging
cryptonector
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1y ago
Thanks for the correction! TIL.
namibj
1y ago
Tbf, it's not commonly run because it increases TLB miss latency for rarely any benefit (why are you mmap-ing so much? How can you afford to keep that much data around...).
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