Re: [RFC patch 04/15] get_cycles() : powerpc64 HAVE_GET_CYCLES (update)

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Mathieu Desnoyers writes:

> Do you know if mtfb implies an instruction synchronization (isync) ? I

It doesn't.

> think that if it does not, the new get_cycles_barrier() might have to be
> used at some locations in the kernel code if more precise timestamp
> order is required.

OK.  I'll let you figure out where. :)

Paul.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

[Index of Archives]     [Linux Kernel]     [Kernel Newbies]     [x86 Platform Driver]     [Netdev]     [Linux Wireless]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Linux Filesystems]     [Yosemite Discussion]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Samba]     [Device Mapper]

  Powered by Linux