Messages in this thread | | | From | (Dave Jones) | Subject | Re: spin_unlock optimization | Date | 31 Dec 1999 13:36:12 GMT |
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Oliver Henning <oliver@henning.com> wrote:
> I think such an optimization is worth it at least on high-end machines. And > there is still the possibility of a compile-time option or a patch, right? > > I'm no expert, so how can those problematic (old PPro) chips be detected, > btw?
As a worst case, we could blacklist all PPro's. And then test them on various steppings, and unlist the steppings which work.
-- Dave.
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