Re: [PATCH] x86: Extend test_and_set_bit() test_and_clean_bit() to64 bits in X86_64

[H. Peter Anvin]

Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> Well they have to fix a lot of more stuff then, when I did 
> all the inline assembler >2GB objects were a explicit non goal. 
> It also wouldn't surprise me if that wasn't true on other architectures too.

512 MB, fwiw...

> It would be better to just use open coded C for that case and avoid inline 
> assembler.

It's not like the extra REX prefix is going to matter significantly for
any application, and given how trivial it is it doesn't seem like a big
deal at all.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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