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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 13/14] x86/ticketlock: add slowpath logic
 
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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 13/14] x86/ticketlock: add slowpath logic | 
 
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Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> | 
 
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Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:08:10 -0800 | 
 
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Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>,	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx>,	Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	Xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxx>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>,	xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx, Eric Dumazet <dada1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	Linux Virtualization <virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | 
 
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On 11/17/2010 12:56 AM, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> On 11/17/2010 12:52 AM, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>> But, yes, %z0 sounds interesting.  Is it documented anywhere?  I think
>> I've tried to use it in the past and run into gcc bugs.
> This one: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39590
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> Should be OK in this case because there's no 64-bit values to be seen...
Hm, it fails when __ticket_t is 16 bits:
/home/jeremy/git/linux/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h: Assembler messages:
/home/jeremy/git/linux/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h:73: Error: suffix
or operands invalid for `or'
        lock; ors $1, 2(%rbx)   #,
So I don't think that's going to work out...
    J
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