OSTEP Ch. 19 measurement homework: TLB size and miss cost

Infer TLB reach and miss cost by timing page-strided accesses while keeping the compiler from optimizing the loop away and pinning the thread to one CPU.

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Supports: Makes translation costs measurable and doubles as a microbenchmarking-pitfalls exercise; described at the end of the chapter PDF.

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