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From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Hartvig Ekner <hartvige@mips.com>
Cc: Dominic Sweetman <dom@algor.co.uk>,
	Carsten Langgaard <carstenl@mips.com>,
	linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: Promblem with PREF (prefetching) in memcpy
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 14:38:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021004143845.A15883@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200210041233.g94CXrQ29071@copfs01.mips.com>; from hartvige@mips.com on Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 02:33:53PM +0200

On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 02:33:53PM +0200, Hartvig Ekner wrote:

> this problem occurs in kernel space (kseg0), not user space. In user space
> there is no problem due to the TLB "protection" of PREFs going outside the
> process working set, but that doesn't help in kernel mode.

Assume a userspace device driver having some hardware mapped immediately
following a ordinary memory mapping.  In that case it would be possible
for prefetch to run from the one into the next mapping - boom.

  Ralf

  reply	other threads:[~2002-10-04 12:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-10-04  7:50 Promblem with PREF (prefetching) in memcpy Carsten Langgaard
2002-10-04 11:53 ` Dominic Sweetman
2002-10-04 12:11   ` Carsten Langgaard
2002-10-04 12:35     ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2002-10-04 12:36     ` Alan Cox
2002-10-04 12:35       ` Carsten Langgaard
2002-10-04 13:09         ` Alan Cox
2002-10-04 13:07           ` Hartvig Ekner
2002-10-04 13:07             ` Hartvig Ekner
2002-10-04 13:00       ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-10-04 13:00         ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-10-04 13:15         ` Alan Cox
2002-10-04 13:15           ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-10-04 13:15             ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-10-04 13:44             ` Alan Cox
2002-10-04 14:17               ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-10-04 14:17                 ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-10-04 14:54                 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-04 13:01       ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-10-04 13:17         ` Ralf Baechle
2002-10-04 13:32           ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-10-04 13:29     ` Dominic Sweetman
2002-10-04 13:46       ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-10-04 12:33   ` Hartvig Ekner
2002-10-04 12:33     ` Hartvig Ekner
2002-10-04 12:38     ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
2002-10-04 12:36   ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-10-04 12:36     ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-10-04 14:24     ` Dominic Sweetman
2002-10-04 14:24       ` Dominic Sweetman
2002-10-04 23:43     ` Ralf Baechle
2002-10-05 15:12       ` Hartvig Ekner
2002-10-05 15:12         ` Hartvig Ekner
2002-10-05 15:56         ` Alan Cox
2002-10-04 12:37   ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-10-04 12:37     ` Kevin D. Kissell

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