Hi Andrew,
> Experiments with the netperf benchmark indicated that the size
> selecting VMX-based copies in __copy_tofrom_user_power7() was
> suboptimal on POWER8. Measurements showed that parity was in the
> neighbourhood of 3328 bytes, rather than greater than 4096. The
> change gives a 1.5-2.0%
Experiments with the netperf benchmark indicated that the size selecting
VMX-based copies in __copy_tofrom_user_power7() was suboptimal on POWER8.
Measurements showed that parity was in the neighbourhood of 3328 bytes,
rather than greater than 4096. The change gives a 1.5-2.0% improvement in
perfor
