Re: x86 - cpu_relax - why nop vs. pause?

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:28:51 -0500
Michael Breuer <mbreuer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I did search and noticed some old discussions. Looking at both Intel
> and AMD documentation, it would seem that PAUSE is the preferred
> instruction within a spin lock. Further, both Intel and AMD
> specifications state that the instruction is backward compatible with
> older x86 processors.
> 

that's odd....

rep nop and pause ought to be the same...



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