Re: undocumented rdtsc functions

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On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 6:41 PM Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Jul 2021, 22:46 NightStrike via Gcc-help, <gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Where does GCC document how to use the builtin rdtsc and rdtscp functions?
>
> It doesn't, see the Intel Intrinsics Guide:
> https://software.intel.com/sites/landingpage/IntrinsicsGuide/
>
> Search for __rdtscp there.

Interesting, thanks!

Strangely:

__int64 _rdtsc (void)
#include <immintrin.h>

unsigned __int64 __rdtscp (unsigned int * mem_addr)
#include <immintrin.h>

Any idea why rdtsc would return a signed value?



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