Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:12:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:11:23 -0500 Received: from fep19-0.kolumbus.fi ([193.229.0.45]:49119 "EHLO fep19-app.kolumbus.fi") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:09:44 -0500 From: To: Jamie Lokier , Linus Torvalds CC: Subject: Re: Re: [Bug 350] New: i386 context switch very slow compared to 2.4 due to wrmsr (performance) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 16:19:33 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20030212141933.CKGK3999.fep19-app.kolumbus.fi@[193.229.5.109]> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 472 Lines: 12 BTW, why is sysenter supposed to be disabled while in vm86? And if it should be disabled (as now in sys_vm86), the next context switch back to the vm86 process re-enables it, in load_esp0, right? So what's the gain? --Mika - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/