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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/4 TRY#3] optimize and simplify get_cycles_sync()
Joerg Roedel wrote:
> From: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
>
> This patch simplifies the get_cycles_sync() function by removing
> the #ifdefs from it. Further it introduces an optimization for AMD
> processors. There the RDTSCP instruction is used instead of CPUID;RDTSC
> which is helpfull if the kernel runs as a KVM guest. Running as a guest
> makes CPUID very expensive because it causes an intercept of the guest.
>
>
> +#define RDTSCP ".byte 0x0f, 0x01, 0xf9"
> + alternative_io_two("cpuid\nrdtsc",
> + "rdtsc", X86_FEATURE_SYNC_RDTSC,
> + ".byte 0x0f, 0x01, 0xf9", X86_FEATURE_RDTSCP,
>

why not use the RDTSCP macro here?


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