Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:39:25 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: Remove cmpxchg from i386 NMI nesting code |
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On 06/08/2012 10:36 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote: >> >> On i386 it's infinite, but again, I don't think the code will ever be >> exercised on i386. I'm much more concerned about performance on current >> processors. > > I'm not worried about non i386 here. Some context missing from the patch > is that this code is surrounded by: >
Sorry, I meant i386 as in actual i386 processors, as opposed to modern processors in 32-bit mode.
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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