cache_line_size.h

#ifndef CACHE_LINE_SIZE_H_
#define CACHE_LINE_SIZE_H_

/*
 * Cribbed from:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/794632/programmatically-get-the-cache-line-size
 */

// Author: Nick Strupat
// Date: October 29, 2010
// Returns the cache line size (in bytes) of the processor, or 0 on failure

#include <stddef.h>
size_t cache_line_size();

#if defined(__APPLE__)

#include <sys/sysctl.h>
size_t cache_line_size() {
    size_t line_size = 0;
    size_t sizeof_line_size = sizeof(line_size);
    sysctlbyname("hw.cachelinesize", &line_size, &sizeof_line_size, 0, 0);
    return line_size;
}

#elif defined(_WIN32)

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <windows.h>
size_t cache_line_size() {
    size_t line_size = 0;
    DWORD buffer_size = 0;
    DWORD i = 0;
    SYSTEM_LOGICAL_PROCESSOR_INFORMATION * buffer = 0;

    GetLogicalProcessorInformation(0, &buffer_size);
    buffer = (SYSTEM_LOGICAL_PROCESSOR_INFORMATION *)malloc(buffer_size);
    GetLogicalProcessorInformation(&buffer[0], &buffer_size);

    for (i = 0; i != buffer_size / sizeof(SYSTEM_LOGICAL_PROCESSOR_INFORMATION); ++i) {
        if (buffer[i].Relationship == RelationCache && buffer[i].Cache.Level == 1) {
            line_size = buffer[i].Cache.LineSize;
            break;
        }
    }

    free(buffer);
    return line_size;
}

#elif defined(linux)

#if 1
#include <unistd.h>
size_t cache_line_size() {
	size_t i = sysconf(_SC_LEVEL1_DCACHE_LINESIZE);
	if ((size_t) -1 == i) {
		return 0;
	}
	return i;
}
#else
#include <stdio.h>
size_t cache_line_size() {
    FILE * p = 0;
    p = fopen("/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/coherency_line_size", "r");
    unsigned int i = 0;
    if (p) {
        fscanf(p, "%d", &i);
        fclose(p);
    }
    return i;
}
#endif

#else
#error Unrecognized platform
#endif

#endif /* CACHE_LINE_SIZE_H_ */