* Andy Lutomirski <l...@amacapital.net> 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/