Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 02/16] x86: zero BSS using stosl instead of stosb

2016-04-15 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 15/04/16 13:33, Daniel Kiper wrote: > Speedup BSS initialization by using stosl instead of stosb. > > Some may argue that Intel Ivy Bridge and later provide ERMSB feature. > This means that "rep stosb" gives better throughput than "rep stosl" on > above mentioned CPUs. However, this feature is

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 02/16] x86: zero BSS using stosl instead of stosb

2016-04-15 Thread Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 02:33:02PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote: > Speedup BSS initialization by using stosl instead of stosb. > > Some may argue that Intel Ivy Bridge and later provide ERMSB feature. > This means that "rep stosb" gives better throughput than "rep stosl" on > above mentioned CPUs.

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 02/16] x86: zero BSS using stosl instead of stosb

2016-04-15 Thread Daniel Kiper
Speedup BSS initialization by using stosl instead of stosb. Some may argue that Intel Ivy Bridge and later provide ERMSB feature. This means that "rep stosb" gives better throughput than "rep stosl" on above mentioned CPUs. However, this feature is only available on newer Intel processors and