Re: [PATCH] X86: MM: Add PAT Type write-through in combination withmtrr

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Oct 28 2013 - 06:29:45 EST


On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:17:49AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> And regular write-back cacheable isn't sufficient because the CPU
> could do things like prefetch your range automatically?

Yeah, he's doing a CLFLUSH anyway which basically makes it a
write-through...

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Boris.

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