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Re: ASM flags in general

From	Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: ASM flags in general
Date	2015-07-28 02:00 +0200
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On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 4:56 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> Sure... but now you have to wrap things in stac/clac.  I'm not sure I see the point since the code is already pretty much optimal.

Ick.  I forgot about that.

It would benefit all the users who aren't using the _ex functions,
though.  And, if there are enough of those, it just might be worth
trying to postprocess object files to collapse adjacent stac and clac
instances, or just to teach the alternatives code to nop them out if
they're redundant.

--Andy
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Re: ASM flags in general Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2015-07-28 00:50 +0200
  Re: ASM flags in general Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2015-07-28 01:40 +0200
    Re: ASM flags in general "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2015-07-28 02:00 +0200
      Re: ASM flags in general Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2015-07-28 02:00 +0200
        Re: ASM flags in general "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2015-07-28 02:10 +0200
        Re: ASM flags in general "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2015-07-28 02:40 +0200
          Re: ASM flags in general Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2015-07-28 02:50 +0200
    Re: ASM flags in general Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2015-07-28 02:00 +0200

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