Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] x86, mwaitt: introduce mwaix delay with a configurable timer

[Huang Rui]

On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 10:30:33AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 03:50:33PM +0800, Huang Rui wrote:
> > Yeah, but I remembered at last time, someone tell me we shouldn't
> > force to set timer always enabled. So I add this interface to expose
> > more clearly. :)
> 
> Yeah, but this interface would make users go and look at it and try to
> remember what the enable parameter stood for.
> 
> > So could I use __mwaitx directly like below:
> > 
> > __monitorx(&dummy, 0, 0);
> > __mwaitx(0xf, delay, MWAITX_ECX_TIMER_ENABLE);
> 
> Yes, this is more straight-forward and what the hardware instructions
> take, so more intuitive.
> 

OK, will do it. :)

Thanks,
Rui
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