Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:37:17 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: Implement prctl PR_GET_TSC and PR_SET_TSC |
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dean gaudet wrote: >>> >> PR_SET/PR_GET are the common prefixes, though. > > that's not what's at issue... "PR_SET_TSC" reads "set the TSC" ... it > doesn't read "set the ability to use the rdtsc instruction". > PR_SET_RDTSC_ENABLE would seem to be more accurate... or even > PR_SET_CR4_TSD which is what it really does :) >
The whole point I'm making is that any such name would inherently read x86-specific.
-hpa
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