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DateFri, 20 Jul 2007 15:07:56 +1000
FromNick Piggin <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock (cmpxchg8b)
Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:

> I tried it with and without the LOCK prefix on my Pentium 4.
> 
> Locked cmpxchg8b : 90 cycles
> Non locked cmpxchg8b: 30 cycles
> sti: 166 cycles
> cli: 159 cycles
> 
> So, hrm, even if we use the locked version, it is still much faster than
> the sti/cli. I am thoughtful about the comment in asm-i386/system.h:

Curious: what does it look like if the memory is not in cache? I
found that cmpxchg is relatively slower than other rmw instructions
in that case.

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