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From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: "Bryan O'Sullivan" <bos@serpentine.com>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, arjan@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add memcpy_cachebypass, a copy routine that tries to keep cache pressure down
Date: 12 Jul 2006 18:15:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <p73odvun6j2.fsf@verdi.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <da0cd816c4cb37c4376b.1152651055@localhost.localdomain>


Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com> writes:
> + * memcpy_cachebypass - memcpy-compatible copy routine, using streaming loads
> + * @dest: destination address
> + * @src: source address (will not be cached)
> + * @count: number of bytes to copy
> + *
> + * Use streaming loads and normal stores for a special-case copy where
> + * we know we won't be reading the source again, but will be reading the
> + * destination again soon.
> + */

For what CPU did you optimize that function?   Comment missing for that.
Also the comment should state that you're caching the target.
Also I trust you ran it through a comprehensive memcpy-all-cases tester?

-Andi

      parent reply	other threads:[~2006-07-12 16:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-11 20:50 [PATCH] Add memcpy_cachebypass, a copy routine that tries to keep cache pressure down Bryan O'Sullivan
2006-07-11 20:56 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-07-11 20:57 ` David Miller
2006-07-11 21:30   ` Bryan O'Sullivan
2006-07-11 21:57     ` David Miller
2006-07-11 22:05       ` Bryan O'Sullivan
2006-07-11 22:08         ` David Miller
2006-07-12  8:04       ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-07-11 21:09 ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-07-11 21:35   ` Bryan O'Sullivan
2006-07-11 22:48     ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-07-12 16:15 ` Andi Kleen [this message]

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