Just for everyone's information, here's the updated benchmark code on the same Phenom. The REP MOVSQ code is indeed much faster.
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 16 model : 2 model name : AMD Phenom(tm) 9850 Quad-Core Processor stepping : 3 microcode : 0x1000083 cpu MHz : 2500.210 cache size : 512 KB flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock bogomips : 5000.42 TLB size : 1024 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 copy_page_org copy_page_new REP MOVSQ TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 708 758 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 672 758 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 708 758 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 708 758 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 708 758 611 copy_page_org copy_page_new REP MOVSQ TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 694 759 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 672 758 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 708 758 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 708 759 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 708 757 611 copy_page_org copy_page_new REP MOVSQ TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 697 758 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 708 758 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 708 758 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 708 758 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 708 757 611 copy_page_org copy_page_new REP MOVSQ TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 703 758 612 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 709 758 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 709 757 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 709 759 613 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 709 759 611 copy_page_org copy_page_new REP MOVSQ TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 669 758 613 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 671 758 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 708 758 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 708 758 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 708 758 613 copy_page_org copy_page_new REP MOVSQ TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 679 758 612 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 671 758 612 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 684 759 612 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 709 759 613 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 709 759 611 copy_page_org copy_page_new REP MOVSQ TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 682 758 612 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 673 758 613 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 704 759 613 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 709 758 613 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 709 758 611 copy_page_org copy_page_new REP MOVSQ TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 669 759 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 671 759 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 709 759 613 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 709 759 613 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 708 759 613 copy_page_org copy_page_new REP MOVSQ TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 668 759 612 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 709 759 612 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 709 759 612 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 709 759 612 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 709 759 612 copy_page_org copy_page_new REP MOVSQ TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 694 758 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 671 759 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 708 759 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 708 759 611 TPT: Len 4096, alignment 0/ 0: 708 759 613 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/