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Name: unknown
Date: June 10, 2003 at 11:16:04
Subject: Re: Hyperthreading and 'lock' prefix
In Reply To: Re: Hyperthreading and 'lock' prefix by
unknown on June 10, 2003 at 09:51:35
Text: | If you don't want to use the lock because it costs too much, then you might want to revisit your algorithm design to eliminate or reduce your need for them.

Yes, it's the performance that bothers me. Unfortunately the affected
instructions are central to the whole software design, so eliminating
the need for atomicity is not an option :(


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