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    SubjectRe: Semaphore assembly-code bug
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    Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:

    > Anyway, it's quite likely that for several CPU's the fastest sequence ends
    > up actually being
    >
    > movl 4(%esp),%ecx
    > movl 8(%esp),%edx
    > movl 12(%esp),%eax
    > addl $16,%esp
    >
    > which is also one of the biggest alternatives.

    For K8 it should be the fastest way. K7 probably too.

    -Andi
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