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From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/15] x86: add cmpxchg_flag() variant
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:38:40 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E556150.8030100@goop.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E555FBB.3020906@zytor.com>

On 08/24/2011 01:31 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> The sete is actually more expensive than the compare for the single-word
> case.  The double-word case is a different matter.

Hm, setcc has a longer latency but a higher throughput, is that
correct?  Still, its recommended where you can use it to avoid a branch.

I was also thinking that using it reduces register pressure, since you
don't need to keep the "old" value around, so it dies sooner.

    J

  reply	other threads:[~2011-08-24 22:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-22 23:14 [PATCH 00/12] x86: Ticket lock cleanup Jeremy Fitzhardinge
     [not found] ` <cover.1314054734.git.jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
2011-08-22 23:14   ` [PATCH 01/15] x86/ticketlock: clean up types and accessors Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-22 23:14   ` [PATCH 02/15] x86/ticketlock: convert spin loop to C Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-22 23:14   ` [PATCH 03/15] x86/ticketlock: Use C for __ticket_spin_unlock Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-22 23:15   ` [PATCH 04/15] x86/ticketlock: make large and small ticket versions of spin_lock the same Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-22 23:15   ` [PATCH 05/15] x86/ticketlock: make __ticket_spin_lock common Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-22 23:15   ` [PATCH 06/15] x86/ticketlock: make __ticket_spin_trylock common Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-22 23:15   ` [PATCH 07/15] x86: add xadd helper macro Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-22 23:29     ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-08-22 23:43       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-23  4:41         ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-08-23 10:59     ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-08-23 16:34       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-22 23:15   ` [PATCH 08/15] x86/ticketlock: use xadd helper Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-22 23:15   ` [PATCH 09/15] x86/cmpxchg: linux/alternative.h has LOCK_PREFIX Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-22 23:15   ` [PATCH 10/15] x86/cmpxchg: move 32-bit __cmpxchg_wrong_size to match 64 bit Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-22 23:15   ` [PATCH 11/15] x86/cmpxchg: move 64-bit set64_bit() to match 32-bit Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-22 23:15   ` [PATCH 12/15] x86/cmpxchg: unify cmpxchg into cmpxchg.h Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-22 23:15   ` [PATCH 13/15] x86: add cmpxchg_flag() variant Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-23 19:01     ` Christoph Lameter
2011-08-23 19:22       ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-08-23 19:52         ` Christoph Lameter
2011-08-23 21:03           ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-08-23 19:53       ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-23 20:45         ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-08-23 22:15           ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-23 22:43             ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-08-24 13:54               ` Christoph Lameter
2011-08-24 13:53             ` Christoph Lameter
2011-08-24 16:33               ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-24 19:27                 ` Christoph Lameter
2011-08-24 20:15                   ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-24 20:31                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-08-24 20:38                     ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge [this message]
2011-08-24 23:04                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-08-24 23:11                         ` Linus Torvalds
2011-08-24 23:19                           ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-25 14:07                             ` Christoph Lameter
2011-08-22 23:15   ` [PATCH 14/15] x86/ticketlocks: use cmpxchg_flag for trylock Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-08-22 23:15   ` [PATCH 15/15] x86: use cmpxchg_flag() where applicable Jeremy Fitzhardinge

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