Re: [patch] Prefetching file_read_actor()
Dave Jones (davej@suse.de)
Mon, 31 Dec 2001 20:31:22 +0000
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 11:58:27AM +0100, Manfred Spraul wrote:
> > What happens if a prefetch spills over the end of the page and
> > faults?
> Doesn't hurt, prefetch instruction never cause page faults.
> BUT: Prefetch doesn't preload the TLB. If the TLB entry for the kmap is
> not in the TLB, all prefetch instructions are treated as nops.(on pIII).
Wasn't this the reason for the voodoo workaround we have in
the mmx version of fast_copy_page() ?
Dave.
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