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    SubjectRe: [git pull] x86 fixes
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    Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
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    > 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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    ak@linux.intel.com


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