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From: David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: [Linux-ia64] Patch to fix lfetches accessing beyond a page (c
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:42:28 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ia64-105590701905478@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-ia64-105590701905475@msgid-missing>

>>>>> On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 13:35:13 -0700, "Mallick, Asit K" <asit.k.mallick@intel.com> said:

  Asit> But I also think that the code should not access memory beyond
  Asit> the page even though it does not affect the functionality as
  Asit> these are hints. These accesses can also cause performance
  Asit> problems.

Ah, now *that's* an argument I can live with. ;-)

I just don't want there to be any confusion about whether or not
lfetch to arbitrary addresses is legal.  It must be, as hardware is
allowed to prefetch on its own.

	--david


      parent reply	other threads:[~2002-04-17 21:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-04-17 18:51 [Linux-ia64] Patch to fix lfetches accessing beyond a page (copy_page/clear_pa Mallick, Asit K
2002-04-17 19:35 ` David Mosberger
2002-04-17 20:35 ` [Linux-ia64] Patch to fix lfetches accessing beyond a page (c Mallick, Asit K
2002-04-17 21:42 ` David Mosberger [this message]

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