Re: [PATCH v7 1/4] spinlock: A new lockref structure for locklessupdate of refcount

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I've got a 4770S on order, it should arrive tomorrow. It's the 65W
> part, and it has TSX. But no, I doubt I'll see any real scalability
> issues with it, but at least I can test any TSX codepaths.

Side note: whatever marketing person inside Intel that decided that
the "K" parts shouldn't get TSX-NI support should be fired. Or at
least have a stern talking to (and by "stern" I obviously mean that
thumbscrews and hot pins under their nails should be involved).

If I wanted to build a peak performance machine (rather than a silent
one), I wouldn't have had TSX. What the hell is wrong with Intel
marketing? Their "lets fragment things" crap is making it harder to
actually support their new technologies.

                Linus
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