[fpc-pascal] EpikTimer v1.0.1 released

Michael Schnell mschnell at lumino.de
Wed May 28 16:31:53 CEST 2014


On 05/28/2014 04:26 PM, Henry Vermaak wrote:
>
> - The rdtsc instruction needs to be protected from out of order
>    execution.  Some people use cpuid, which is expensive.  It looks like
>    the linux kernel uses mfence or lfence/mfence depending on CPU type.
>

... meaning the current version of incorrect ?!?!?

What would the effect of ignoring this = ?

Things like this is why I'd rather use dVSO.

-Michael



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