Re: [git pull] x86 fixes

Andi Kleen
2008-09-08T22:42:45Z

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
>
> And I have to say, that whole X86_GENERIC -> L1_CACHE_BYTES=128 ->
> cache_line_size() -> SLAB/SLUB/SLOB alignment worries me too. Looking at

SLAB/SLUB should actually auto detect the cache line at runtime.
But there is likely other bloat caused by it.

> that, I really don't feel like I want to force 128-byte alignment on
> everybody, just because the P4 was a pig in cacheline size.

Similar feeling here.

-Andi

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