Re: [Xen-devel] rdtscP and xen (and maybe the app-tsc answer I've been looking for)

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>]

On 09/22/09 13:22, Dan Magenheimer wrote:
> The reason is to improve performance while preserving
> correctness for applications that need to do tens-to-hundreds
> of thousands "timestamp reads" without changing the underlying
> OS.  Whether this is a GOOD reason is subject to interpretation,
> but it is a reason.
>   

I don't think there's anything new to add to this line of discussion.

    J

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