clf 0.1.6

# clf

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Flush the cpu cache line by `__builtin_clear_cache()`

This crate can be used when you do benchmarks that are not dependent on the cpu cache.

## Supports

- gcc and clang
- gnu and musl
- x86_64, aarch64, mips64el, powerpc64le ... etc
- minimum support rustc 1.56.1 (59eed8a2a 2021-11-01)

## Bugs

- armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf: can not compile
- x86_64-pc-windows-msvc: can not compile

## Examples
Easy to use:

```
let a = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9];
clf::cache_line_flush_with_slice(&a);
```

or

```
let a = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9];
let begin_ptr = a.as_ptr();
let end_ptr = unsafe { begin_ptr.add(a.len()) };
clf::cache_line_flush_with_ptr(begin_ptr, end_ptr);
```

## References

[CPU cache](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_cache)


# Changelogs

[This crate's changelog here.](https://github.com/aki-akaguma/clf/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)

# License

This project is licensed under either of

 * Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or
   https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
 * MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or
   https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

at your option.

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