Re: [PATCH 3/8] MIPS: R6: Fix PREF instruction usage by memcpy for MIPS R6

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On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 09:04:16AM +0100, Matt Redfearn wrote:

> Hi Aleksandar,
> 
> Wouldn't the more correct thing be to modify the memcpy loop such that
> prefetches do not fetch the larger offset? Just turning off prefetch
> altogether in memcpy for r6 seems like a heavy hammer to me...

It's the same heavy hammer we've been using for ages to deal with this
problem for other configurations as well.  So while you're right I don't
want to force Aleksandar to come up with The One Perfect Fix.  Though
that would be lovely :)

  Ralf




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