linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/asm] x86: Prefer TZCNT over BFS

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFwwQXKxBVL9+izE-utGYKyWy4=6gu0C4b_oC=wFgM+EhA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:13:21 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>,
	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/asm] x86: Prefer TZCNT over BFS

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:05 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
>
> Honestly, I don't see a reason to not do this unconditionally.

Possibly. "unconditional" is certainly a lot saner than "conditionally
on totally insane things".

                 Linus
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