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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86: adjust placement of pause insn in _raw_spin

To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86: adjust placement of pause insn in _raw_spin_lock()
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2008年8月08日 15:02:55 +0100
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Ah, I suppose it reduce lock acquisition latency slightly. I'll apply it.
 -- Keir
On 8/8/08 14:12, "Keir Fraser" <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Why?
>
> -- Keir
>
> On 8/8/08 13:49, "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> Index: 2008年08月06日/xen/include/asm-x86/spinlock.h
>> ===================================================================
>> --- 2008年08月06日.orig/xen/include/asm-x86/spinlock.h 2007年09月10日
>> 09:59:37.000000000 +0200
>> +++ 2008年08月06日/xen/include/asm-x86/spinlock.h 2008年08月07日 12:36:13.000000000
>> +0200
>> @@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ static inline void _raw_spin_lock(spinlo
>> "1: lock; decb %0 \n"
>> " js 2f \n"
>> ".section .text.lock,\"ax\"\n"
>> - "2: cmpb 0,ドル%0 \n"
>> - " rep; nop \n"
>> + "2: rep; nop \n"
>> + " cmpb 0,ドル%0 \n"
>> " jle 2b \n"
>> " jmp 1b \n"
>> ".previous"
>> 
>> 
>> 
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