Linux Kernel Patches To Use AMD INVLPGB Instruction Show Huge Speed-Up
Since AMD Zen 3 processors there has been the INVLPGB instruction for invalidating TLB entries for a range of pages with broadcast. As mentioned back during the AMD EPYC 7003 “Milan” launch, INVLPGB usage around this new instruction was limited… Over the past nearly four years the INVLPGB use has been limited in part because Intel CPUs do not support it but there is now a Linux kernel patch series for making use of INVLPGB for some nice pe … ⌘ Read more