Arjan van de Ven wrote:
gcc can be fixed if needed. I don't see the kernel switching to use that
any time soon though...
I have a preliminary patch to implement per_cpu() in terms of __thread.
Hm, my initial tests comparing reloading a NULL selector vs a real
selector shows absolutely no measurable difference, on either a modern
Core Duo, or an old P4... Admittedly this is with an artificial
usermode test program, but I'd expect to see *some* difference if
there's a difference.
J
--
/* gcc -o time-segops time-segops.c -O2 -Wall -lrt -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#define COUNT 10000000
static inline void sync(void)
{
int a,b,c,d;
asm volatile("cpuid"
: "=a" (a), "=b" (b), "=c" (c), "=d" (d)
: "0" (0), "2" (0)
: "memory");
}
static void test_none(void)
{
int i;
for(i = 0; i < COUNT; i++) {
sync();
}
}
static void test_fs(void)
{
int i, ds;
asm volatile("mov %%ds,%0" : "=r" (ds));
for(i = 0; i < COUNT; i++) {
asm volatile("push %%fs; mov %0, %%fs; popl %%fs"
: : "r" (ds));
sync();
}
}
static void test_gs(void)
{
int i, ds;
asm volatile("mov %%ds,%0" : "=r" (ds));
for(i = 0; i < COUNT; i++) {
asm volatile("push %%gs; mov %0, %%gs; popl %%gs"
: : "r" (ds));
sync();
}
}
typedef void (*test_t)(void);
static test_t tests[] = {
test_none,
test_fs,
test_gs,
NULL,
};
int main()
{
int i;
int ds, fs, gs;
asm volatile("mov %%ds, %0; "
"mov %%fs, %1; "
"mov %%gs, %2"
: "=r" (ds), "=r" (fs), "=r" (gs) : : "memory");
printf("fs=%x gs=%x\n", fs, gs);
for(i = 0; tests[i]; i++) {
struct timespec start, end;
unsigned long long delta;
clock_gettime(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, &start);
(*tests[i])();
clock_gettime(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, &end);
delta = (end.tv_sec * 1000000000ull + end.tv_nsec) -
(start.tv_sec * 1000000000ull + start.tv_nsec);
delta /= COUNT;
printf("%lluns/iteration\n", delta);
}
return 0;
}
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