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Benchmarking The AMD INVLPGB Linux Kernel Patches For Better Performance


Last weekend a Meta engineer posted Linux kernel patches to make use of the AMD INVLPGB instruction for broadcast TLB invalidation.

Last weekend a Meta engineer posted Linux kernel patches to make use of the AMD INVLPGB instruction for broadcast TLB invalidation. In any event nice seeing these gains that benefit going back to Zen 3 albeit a bit surprising that the Linux kernel wasn't pursuing AMD INVLPGB for broadcast TLB invalidation until now. If you appreciate all of the relentless Linux benchmarking I do each and every day, please consider showing your end of year support by joining Phoronix Premium to enjoy the site ad-free, multi-page articles on a single page, and additional benefits.

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