linux-kernel - Re: [rfc][patch] store-free path walking

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Date:	Fri, 9 Oct 2009 19:49:29 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ravikiran G Thirumalai <kiran@...lex86.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [rfc][patch] store-free path walking

> A few years ago when K7s were not ancient yet, after hearing
> argument for and against non-temporal stores,
> I decided to finally figure it for myself.
> 
> I tested kernel build workload on two kernels with the only
> one difference - clear_page with and without non-temporal stores.
> 
> "Non-temporal stores" kernel was faster, not slower. Just a little bit,
> but reproducibly.

I did the same experiments and in my case (K8) they were slower in 
real-world benchmarks for clear_page (but faster in micro benchmarks)

But I didn't propose non temporal anyways.

-Andi

-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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