* Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You answered the wrong question. :) I understand the point of the non-temporal > stores -- I don't understand the point of using non-temporal stores to *WB > memory*. I think we should be okay with having the kernel mapping use WT > instead. WB memory is write-through, but they are still fully cached for reads. So non-temporal instructions influence how the CPU will allocate (or not allocate) WT cache lines. Thanks, Ingo -- 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>