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/*
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#ifndef EWOMS_PREFETCH_HH
#define EWOMS_PREFETCH_HH
 
namespace Opm {
template <int temporalLocality = 3, int writeOnly = 0, class T = void>
void prefetch(const T& val, unsigned n = 1)
{
#if __clang__ || __GNUC__
    // this value is architecture specific, but a cache line size of 64 bytes seems to be
    // used by all contemporary architectures.
    static const int cacheLineSize = 64;
 
    const char *beginPtr = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&val);
    const char *endPtr = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&val + n);
    for (; beginPtr < endPtr; beginPtr += cacheLineSize)
        __builtin_prefetch(beginPtr, writeOnly, temporalLocality);
#endif
}
 
} // namespace Opm
 
#endif