On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote: > Actually, get_cycles() at least on some AMD cpus, do not synchronize the > core, which can skew the results. You might want to use > get_cycles_sync() there.
get_cycle() results as used here are bound to a single processor. If we end up on a different processor at the end of the measurement then the result is discarded. So not need for get_cycles_sync. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
