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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Runtime memory barrier patching
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On Tue, 2003-04-22 at 01:23, Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote:
> ChangeSet 1.1169, 2003/04/21 16:23:20-07:00, ak@muc.de
>
> [PATCH] Runtime memory barrier patching
>
> This implements automatic code patching of memory barriers based
> on the CPU capabilities. Normally lock ; addl $0,(%esp) barriers
> are used, but these are a bit slow on the Pentium 4.
>

very nice. Question: would it be doable use this for prefetch() as well?
Eg default to a non-prefetch kernel and patch in the proper prefetch
instruction for the current cpu ? (eg AMD prefetch vs Intel one etc etc)

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