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Re: smp and cache

>   *Especially* when it is not shared.
> 
>   It is needed to allocate data to different cache lines, so logically
> independent accesses by different CPUs do not cause the cache line to
> bounce back and forth between CPUs.

hi.

i get ur answer, but i think my problem is more fundamental:
what do you (the kernel...) refer to when u speak of a "cache line" ??
thanks...


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