On Tue, 21 Aug 2007, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > Using cmpxchg_local vs cmpxchg has a clear impact on the fast paths, as > shown below: it saves about 60 to 70 cycles for kmalloc and 200 cycles > for the kmalloc/kfree pair (test 2).
Hmmmm.. I wonder if the AMD processors simply do the same in either version. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
