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From: Brian Pomerantz <bapper@piratehaven.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 06:21:54PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > 		asm volatile("rep ; nop");
> > > 
> > > (there's not much a "rep nop" _can_ do, after all - the most likely CPU
> > > extension would be to raise an "Illegal Opcode" fault).
> > 
> > Just for the curious, this works on Athlons. :)
> 
> What state does it leave the condition codes ?  That matters. 
> 
> Take for example
> 
> if (!oldval)
>                 asm volatile(
>                         "2:"
>                         "cmpl $-1, %0;"
>                         "rep; nop;"
>                         "je 2b;"
>                         	: :"m" (current->need_resched));
> }
> 
> When running SMP with poll_idle enabled. I can't see it changing condition
> codes on an athlon but..

Yup, that works as well.  This example:

	int	foo = -1;
	asm volatile(
		"2:"
		"cmpl $-1, %0;"
		"rep; nop;"
		"je 2b;"
		: :"m" (foo));

loops forever.  If you set 'foo = 0' it drops out.


BAPper
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