Hiroshi Shimamoto writes:
quoted text
> Dave Johnson wrote:
> >  		mach_prepare_counter();
> 
> It's a really rare case, but if SMI interrupt takes CPU here, just after
> prepare and before rdtscll, it makes delta64 shorter than expected one.
> Is it possible? And how about moving rdtscll before mach_prepare_counter()?
> 
> >  		rdtscll(start);

Yep, rare indeed (about 1 instruction). Moving the start read before
the prepare call should solve that one too providing the setup doesn't
take any real measurable time.

-- 
Dave Johnson
Starent Networks

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