Hi Onkar... On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 17:59, Onkar Mahajan <kern.de...@gmail.com> wrote: > More specifically : > > What is the benefit of using prefetch(x) ?
IMHO, it will told the CPU to prefetch the data from memory...or in other word, reading them before it is really needed. AFAIK, by doing so, we reduce processor get into stalled condition...or at least "blocked" waiting for data to be really inside the L1 or L2 cache... -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecar...@nl.linux.org Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
