Andi Kleen wrote:
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> I'm still not sure why you say no redzone is that expensive? Do you
> have numbers?  I know it's a few instructions, but it shouldn't 
> be that expensive.
>
>   

it depends on the processor involved and the kernel config options --
i.e. if frame pointers are enabled then the stack frame guarantees a
store operation (push rbp) and on processors which do memops in-order
this delays the other memops in the vsyscall (i.e. testing the cache or
executing SIDT).  it was 2 or 3 cycles difference in most cases iirc.

-dean

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