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Commit 060561ff authored by David Mosberger-Tang's avatar David Mosberger-Tang Committed by Tony Luck
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[IA64] In syscall-entry, use st8 instead of stf8 to clear pt_regs.r8



Using stf8 seemed like a clever idea at the time, but stf8 forces
the cache-line to be invalidated in the L1D (if it happens to be
there already).  This patch eliminates a guaranteed L1D cache-miss
and, by itself, is good for a 1-2 cycle improvement for heavy-weight
syscalls.

Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Mosberger-Tang <davidm@hpl.hp.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarTony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
parent 96e01749
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