linux-kernel - Re: [discuss] A question about GART aperture unmap

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Date:	Thu, 10 May 2007 18:00:15 +0800
From:	"Zhao Forrest" <forrest.zhao@...il.com>
To:	"Andi Kleen" <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	discuss@...-64.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [discuss] A question about GART aperture unmap

> >
> > As we know that CPU prefetch never cross the page boundary, in this
>
> That only applies to sequential prefetch. But speculative execution can
>  prefetch pretty much any address. That is why the clear_kernel_mapping is
> needed.

In BIOS setup, there's "Speculative TLB Reload". Is this "Speculative
TLB Reload" the same as your mentioned speculative execution?
After disabling "Speculative TLB Reload" in BIOS, we could also
experience sync flood and reset when commenting out
clear_kernel_mapping()......

Forrest
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