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

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Oct 28 2013 - 06:45:17 EST


On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:31:32AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> The CLFLUSH is done afterwards (making it a use-once thing), so WB
> might still be faster and would avoid the PAT headache ...

Absolutely, that's why there's no need for a WT buffer at all, methinks.

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