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authorkaf24@scramble.cl.cam.ac.uk <kaf24@scramble.cl.cam.ac.uk>2004-03-23 09:48:06 +0000
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bitkeeper revision 1.821 (406007d6uu0vZYDxa9P1ZfNO9kF_Cg)
Many files: xeno -> xen renames. ide-xen.c: Rename: xen/drivers/ide/ide-xeno.c -> xen/drivers/ide/ide-xen.c xen.lds: Rename: xen/arch/i386/xeno.lds -> xen/arch/i386/xen.lds Many files: mvdir
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+/*
+ * Generic cache management functions. Everything is arch-specific,
+ * but this header exists to make sure the defines/functions can be
+ * used in a generic way.
+ *
+ * 2000-11-13 Arjan van de Ven <arjan@fenrus.demon.nl>
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_PREFETCH_H
+#define _LINUX_PREFETCH_H
+
+#include <asm/processor.h>
+#include <asm/cache.h>
+
+/*
+ prefetch(x) attempts to pre-emptively get the memory pointed to
+ by address "x" into the CPU L1 cache.
+ prefetch(x) should not cause any kind of exception, prefetch(0) is
+ specifically ok.
+
+ prefetch() should be defined by the architecture, if not, the
+ #define below provides a no-op define.
+
+ There are 3 prefetch() macros:
+
+ prefetch(x) - prefetches the cacheline at "x" for read
+ prefetchw(x) - prefetches the cacheline at "x" for write
+ spin_lock_prefetch(x) - prefectches the spinlock *x for taking
+
+ there is also PREFETCH_STRIDE which is the architecure-prefered
+ "lookahead" size for prefetching streamed operations.
+
+*/
+
+/*
+ * These cannot be do{}while(0) macros. See the mental gymnastics in
+ * the loop macro.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
+#define ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
+static inline void prefetch(const void *x) {;}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCHW
+#define ARCH_HAS_PREFETCHW
+static inline void prefetchw(const void *x) {;}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ARCH_HAS_SPINLOCK_PREFETCH
+#define ARCH_HAS_SPINLOCK_PREFETCH
+#define spin_lock_prefetch(x) prefetchw(x)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef PREFETCH_STRIDE
+#define PREFETCH_STRIDE (4*L1_CACHE_BYTES)
+#endif
+
+#endif