B.2.130 -xprefetch_level=l

Use the -xprefetch_level option to control the aggressiveness of automatic insertion of prefetch instructions as determined with -xprefetch=auto. l must be 1, 2, or 3. The compiler becomes more aggressive, or in other words, introduces more prefetches with each, higher, level of -xprefetch_level.

The appropriate value for the -xprefetch_level depends on the number of cache misses the application may have. Higher -xprefetch_level values have the potential to improve the performance of applications.

This option is effective only when it is compiled with -xprefetch=auto, with optimization level 3 or greater, and generate code for a platform that supports prefetch (v8plus, v8plusa, v9, v9a, v9b, generic64, native64).

-xprefetch_level=1 enables automatic generation of prefetch instructions. -xprefetch_level=2 enables additional generation beyond level 1 and -xprefetch_level=3 enables additional generation beyond level 2.

The default is -xprefetch_level=1 when you specify -xprefetch=auto.