On Monday 30 April 2007 09:26:05 Jan Beulich wrote: > >+ testb $8, %dxl /* rdx is 3,5,6,7,9..15 */ > > Could you use the more conventional name %dl (or whatever is being meant) > here? > > >+.L42: > >+ prefetchnta 128(%rsi) > > I think I commented similarly on a previous version of the patch: This will > - result in still bringing the first 128 bytes into the cache > - prevent caching of memory beyond the buffer being dealt with
Yes I remember, somehow it got lost. I agree it's a bad thing. Will drop the patch for now especially since nothing seems to really need it right now. Thanks, -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
