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[Bug nptl/16630] Use SYSENTER for pthread_cond_broadcast/signal() (i.e. fix "FIXME: Ingo" issue)
- From: "bugdal at aerifal dot cx" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 05:47:16 +0000
- Subject: [Bug nptl/16630] Use SYSENTER for pthread_cond_broadcast/signal() (i.e. fix "FIXME: Ingo" issue)
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- References: <bug-16630-131 at http dot sourceware dot org/bugzilla/>
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16630
--- Comment #3 from Rich Felker <bugdal at aerifal dot cx> ---
On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 04:51:18AM +0000, cjones.bugs at gmail dot com wrote:
> Do you happen to know if that's filed already? I'm curious what it would be
> replaced with.
There is portable C code for all of these functions already and a
strong sentiment from some users and developers that the asm is
unnecessary, error-prone, and lags behind the C in getting fixes and
improvements. See the related thread on the libc-alpha mailing list:
[RFC][BZ #16549, #16410] Remove pthread_(cond)wait assembly implementations?
Basically I think if it could be demonstrated that the C performs just
as well (or within a margin of difference that's not significant), the
asm could be removed.
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