Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:18:47 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [patch for 2.6.26 0/7] Architecture Independent Markers |
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* Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >> > NACK-ed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> > >> [...] > >> I wonder why nobody doesn't fix this serious problem until now. [...] > > Frankly, the "problem" has not yet been established. Ingo has failed > to respond to Mathieu's analysis of the actual instruction streams, > which cast doubt on Ingo's technique of simply counting bytes. [...]
uhm no. The "difference" is due to Matthieu counting on the platform that is most favorable to his argument: 32-bit, while i counted on 64-bit where most servers operate (and where instrumentation micro-cost actually matters).
Ingo
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