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Le dimanche 02 mai 2010 =C3=A0 23:25 +0200, Andi Kleen a =C3=A9crit :

> It's pointless to send an IPI to your thread sibling for this.=20
> Everything it could do you can do yourself too with the same performa=
nce.
>=20
> -Andi

Amen

Tests just prove the reverse.

I have some collegues that disable HyperThreading for exact same
reasons. I wonder why Intel designed HT. Should be marketing I guess.