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Re: [PATCH 3/3] Remove x86 assembler rwlock code
- From: Andi Kleen <andi at firstfloor dot org>
- To: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Andi Kleen <andi at firstfloor dot org>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, carlos at redhat dot com, Andi Kleen <ak at odo dot jf dot intel dot com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 21:00:28 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] Remove x86 assembler rwlock code
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On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 02:41:05PM +0530, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 05:23:41PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > From: Andi Kleen <ak@odo.jf.intel.com>
> >
> > With the recent tuning the C version of rwlocks is basically the same
> > performance as the x86 assembler version for uncontended locks (with a
> > a few cycles near the run-to-run variability). For others it should not
> > matter anyways.
> >
> > So remove the assembler code and use the C version like other
> > architectures.
>
> Benchmark results?
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-03/msg00739.html
-Andi
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