Re:A tale of an impossible bug: big.LITTLE and caching
by rayiner on Monday September 12, 2016 @06:50PM
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That probably preserves correctness, but also invalidates any attempt to rely on the cache line size to lay out data structures to avoid cache line ping-ponging. Which is a major reason a program would care about the cache line size to begin with.
I think the really correct answer might be to abandon the idea that the system has a single cache line size...
I think the really correct answer might be to abandon the idea that the system has a single cache line size...