CmiMemorySMPSeparation_t Struct Reference
[Converse Machine Layer]

This data type is at least one cache line of padding, used to avoid cache line thrashing on SMP systems. More...

#include <pcqueue.h>

Collaboration diagram for CmiMemorySMPSeparation_t:

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Data Fields
unsigned char	padding [128]

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Detailed Description

This data type is at least one cache line of padding, used to avoid cache line thrashing on SMP systems.

On x86, this is just for performance; on other CPUs, this can affect your choice of fence operations.

Definition at line 63 of file pcqueue.h.

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Field Documentation

unsigned char CmiMemorySMPSeparation_t::padding[128]

Definition at line 64 of file pcqueue.h.

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The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file:

• arch/util/pcqueue.h