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SubjectRe: Intel P6 vs P7 system call performance
Pavel Machek wrote:
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>>The vsyscall stuff costs you on every syscall. It's nice for
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> Well, the cost is basically one call. That's not *that* big cost.
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You absolutely, positively *need* the call anyway. SYSENTER trashes EIP.

-hpa


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