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-rw-r--r-- | sysdeps/x86/cacheinfo.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/cacheinfo.c b/sysdeps/x86/cacheinfo.c index 6baec4d7ed..f5d36573b3 100644 --- a/sysdeps/x86/cacheinfo.c +++ b/sysdeps/x86/cacheinfo.c @@ -797,12 +797,21 @@ init_cacheinfo (void) modern HW detects streaming patterns and provides proper LRU hints so that the maximum thrashing capped at 1/associativity. */ unsigned long int non_temporal_threshold = shared / 4; + + /* If the computed non_temporal_threshold <= 3/4 * per-thread L3, we most + likely have incorrect/incomplete cache info in which case, default to + 3/4 * per-thread L3 to avoid regressions. */ + unsigned long int non_temporal_threshold_lowbound + = shared_per_thread * 3 / 4; + if (non_temporal_threshold < non_temporal_threshold_lowbound) + non_temporal_threshold = non_temporal_threshold_lowbound; + /* If no ERMS, we use the per-thread L3 chunking. Normal cacheable stores run a higher risk of actually thrashing the cache as they don't have a HW LRU hint. As well, their performance in highly parallel situations is noticeably worse. */ if (!CPU_FEATURES_CPU_P (cpu_features, ERMS)) - non_temporal_threshold = shared_per_thread * 3 / 4; + non_temporal_threshold = non_temporal_threshold_lowbound; __x86_shared_non_temporal_threshold = (cpu_features->non_temporal_threshold != 0 |