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Re: PI mutex support for pthread_cond_* now in nptl
Torvald Riegel <triegel@redhat.com> writes:
> On a related note: What are the reasons to have arch-specific assembler
> versions of many of the synchronization operations? I would be
> surprised if they'd provide a significant performance advantage; has
> anyone recent measurements for this?
Yes changing the x86 assembler code is a big pain and I bet it prevents
a lot of optimizations because it's hard to change.
-Andi
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