* Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> wrote:
> You answered the wrong question. :) I understand the point of the
> non-temporal
> stores -- I don't understand the point of using non-temporal stores to *WB
> memory*. I think we should be okay with having the kernel mapping use WT
> instead.
WB memory is write-through, but they are still fully cached for reads.
So non-temporal instructions influence how the CPU will allocate (or not
allocate)
WT cache lines.
Thanks,
Ingo
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