On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 02:43:34PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > $ cat test.c > #include <stdio.h> > #include <sys/mman.h> > > #define SIZE 1024*1024*1024 > > void clear_page_nocache_sse2(void *page) __attribute__((regparm(1))); > > int main(int argc, char** argv) > { > char *p; > unsigned long i, j; > > p = mmap(NULL, SIZE, PROT_WRITE|PROT_READ, > MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_POPULATE, -1, 0); > for(j = 0; j < 100; j++) { > for(i = 0; i < SIZE; i += 4096) { > clear_page_nocache_sse2(p + i); > } > } > > return 0; > } > $ cat clear_page_nocache_unroll32.S > .globl clear_page_nocache_sse2 > .align 4,0x90 > clear_page_nocache_sse2: > .cfi_startproc > mov %eax,%edx > xorl %eax,%eax > movl $4096/32,%ecx > .p2align 4 > .Lloop_sse2: > decl %ecx > #define PUT(x) movnti %eax,x*4(%edx) > PUT(0) > PUT(1) > PUT(2) > PUT(3) > PUT(4) > PUT(5) > PUT(6) > PUT(7) > #undef PUT > lea 32(%edx),%edx > jnz .Lloop_sse2 > nop > ret > .cfi_endproc > .type clear_page_nocache_sse2, @function > .size clear_page_nocache_sse2, .-clear_page_nocache_sse2 > $ cat clear_page_nocache_unroll64.S > .globl clear_page_nocache_sse2 > .align 4,0x90 > clear_page_nocache_sse2: > .cfi_startproc > mov %eax,%edx This must still be the 32-bit version becaue it segfaults here. Here's why: mmap above gives a ptr which, on 64-bit, is larger than 32-bit, i.e. it looks like 0x7fffxxxxx000, i.e. starting from top of userspace. Now, the mov above truncates that ptr and the thing segfaults. Doing s/edx/rdx/g fixes it though. Thanks. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>