Re: Semaphore assembly-code bug

[linux-os]

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Richard Henderson wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 01:22:52PM -0400, linux-os wrote:
> > Here's a version that uses `leal 4(esp), esp` to add
> > 4 to the stack-pointer. Since this 'address-calculation`
> > is done in an different portion of Intel CPUs....
>
> Incorrect, at least i686 and beyond.  These interpret to the
> same micro-ops.
>
> > The 'pop ecx' would access memory and, therefore be slower than
> > simple register operations.
>
> Also not necessarily correct.  Intel cpus special-case pop
> instructions; two pops can be dual issued, whereas a different
> kind of stack pointer manipulation will not.

Then I guess the Intel documentation is incorrect, too.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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