> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 16:55:56 +0100 > From: Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> > > On 2020/06/21 18:46, Paul Irofti wrote: > > > > > > În 21 iunie 2020 16:30:43 EEST, Theo de Raadt <dera...@openbsd.org> a scris: > > >Paul Irofti <p...@irofti.net> wrote: > > > > > >> If you change the name to rdtsc_ordered(), OK. > > > > > >That is a weaker name. > > > > > >Ordered in what way, at what level; ordered against what? > > > > > >This is using a specific pipeline ordering known as lfence. > > >So it might as well say lfence. That is the technical name for > > >that type of ordering. Being vague is unhelpful. > > > > > > Ok then, if you think that's best. > > > > Any idea why in > https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/embedded/training/ia-32-ia-64-benchmark-code-execution-paper.html > they are using cpuid to serialize access instead of lfence?
Yes; LFENCE only exists on machines with SSE2. So if you want something that works on older (32-bit) CPUs you need to use a different instruction. CPUID is the canonical choice for that.
