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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: Extend test_and_set_bit() test_and_clean_bit() to 64 bits in X86_64
Andi Kleen wrote:
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> Well they have to fix a lot of more stuff then, when I did
> all the inline assembler >2GB objects were a explicit non goal.
> It also wouldn't surprise me if that wasn't true on other architectures too.

512 MB, fwiw...

> It would be better to just use open coded C for that case and avoid inline
> assembler.

It's not like the extra REX prefix is going to matter significantly for
any application, and given how trivial it is it doesn't seem like a big
deal at all.

-hpa

--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.



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