On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:52:03 +0000, Leonardo Vaz wrote:

>I apologize if the question is silly, but I am wondering if for a performance 
>sensitive 
>exit like this one I should use STM/LM instead of BAKR/PR. I believe it's 
>"cheaper" to 
>do STM/LM, bur "cleaner" to do BAKR, right? 

Why do you think BAKR is "cleaner"?

BAKR/PR is MUCH slower than STM/LM (or STMG/LMG if you are using the high 
halves 
of any of registers 2-12).

-- 
Tom Marchant

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