Re: [PATCH 1/8] pmem: Initial version of persistent memory driver

[Andy Lutomirski]

On Mar 9, 2015 8:20 AM, "Boaz Harrosh" <boaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 03/06/2015 01:03 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> <>
> >
> > I think it would be nice to have control over the caching mode.
> > Depending on the application, WT or UC could make more sense.
> >
>
> Patches are welcome. say
>         map=sss@aaa:WT,sss@aaa:CA, ...
>
> But for us, with direct_access(), all benchmarks show a slight advantage
> for the cached mode.

I'm sure cached is faster.  The question is: who flushes the cache?

--Andy
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