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Re: CVS commit: src/sys
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 04:48:43PM +0000, Mindaugas Rasiukevicius wrote:
> Why interrupts are disabled here? Calling xc_wait() with interrupts
> disabled is, at minimum, very expensive, and I would say it is wrong.
> Note that xc_wait(9) does not necessary spin - it can block.
Because interrupts must be disabled when APERF and MPERF are read. See the
references in the comment, particularly the AMD one.
- Jukka.
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