Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?

By: Etienne (etienne_lorrain.delete@this.yahoo.fr), December 21, 2017 1:36 am
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Travis (travis.downs.delete@this.gmail.com) on December 20, 2017 1:44 pm wrote:
> What feature of the L1L2 path on x86 could cause this?

Maybe it could be that you are writing one single word into an L2 cacheline, so the rest of that cacheline has to be fetched from L3/main memory and that takes time / cannot be completely hidden?
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Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?Travis2017/12/20 01:44 PM
  Bridges? Wells? (NT)Micahel S2017/12/20 02:53 PM
    Bridges? Wells? (NT)Travis2017/12/20 03:46 PM
      That should say "huh"? (NT)Travis2017/12/20 03:46 PM
        That should say "huh"?Jeff S.2017/12/20 04:11 PM
          That should say "huh"?Travis2017/12/20 05:34 PM
    Bridges? Wells?Jeff S.2017/12/20 04:17 PM
      Bridges? Wells?Travis2017/12/20 05:37 PM
    Bridges, Wells - positiveMichael S2017/12/21 01:52 AM
      Bridges, Wells - positiveTravis2017/12/21 08:35 AM
        Bridges, Wells - positiveMichael S2017/12/21 09:00 AM
  Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?Linus Torvalds2017/12/20 05:18 PM
    Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?Travis2017/12/20 05:54 PM
      Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?Linus Torvalds2017/12/21 11:12 AM
        Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?anon2017/12/22 02:29 AM
          Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?Linus Torvalds2017/12/22 12:16 PM
            Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?Travis2017/12/23 07:48 PM
            Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?Travis Downs2020/06/13 02:18 PM
              Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?John D. McCalpin2020/06/18 11:50 AM
                Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?Travis Downs2020/06/18 04:32 PM
                  Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?Travis Downs2020/06/18 04:34 PM
    Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?anon.12017/12/21 05:09 PM
      Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?Linus Torvalds2017/12/22 12:20 PM
        Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?Travis2017/12/24 01:09 PM
  Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?Travis2017/12/20 07:52 PM
    Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?Adrian2017/12/20 11:09 PM
      Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?Travis2017/12/21 08:23 AM
    Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?-.-2017/12/27 02:53 AM
      Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?-.-2017/12/27 02:53 AM
        Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?Travis2017/12/27 03:18 PM
  Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?Etienne2017/12/21 01:36 AM
    Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?Michael S2017/12/21 01:58 AM
      Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?Travis2017/12/21 08:26 AM
        Michael ignore my last question - saw your other reply (NT)Travis2017/12/21 08:27 AM
  Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?Nksingg2017/12/26 05:47 AM
    Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?David Kanter2017/12/26 10:48 AM
    Why does writing to non-sequential lines in L2 perform so poorly?Travis2017/12/27 03:33 PM
  Cannot reproduce with microcode 0xc6Travis Downs2019/02/26 03:23 PM
    Cannot reproduce with microcode 0xc6Adrian2019/02/26 08:35 PM
    Cannot reproduce with microcode 0xc6Adrian2019/02/26 09:07 PM
    Cannot reproduce with microcode 0xc6Adrian2019/02/27 04:02 AM
      Cannot reproduce with microcode 0xc6Travis Downs2019/02/27 07:25 AM
        Cannot reproduce with microcode 0xc6Adrian2019/02/28 12:16 AM
          Cannot reproduce with microcode 0xc6Travis Downs2019/03/07 05:51 PM
        Cannot reproduce with microcode 0xc6Adrian2019/02/28 08:54 AM
          Cannot reproduce with microcode 0xc6Travis Downs2019/03/24 05:34 PM
    Cannot reproduce with microcode 0xc6Travis Downs2019/02/27 02:20 PM
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