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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-103010

Optimize tight CAS loops with x86 PAUSE / ARM YIELD instructions.

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    • qYieldCpu()

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      thiago recently merged the addition of an _mm_pause() in a tight compare-and-swap loop in QFutureInterface: https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/407431

      He links to various sources that detail why that is a good idea.

      But we have many such loops in Qt, and adding that Q_PROCESSOR #ifdef'ery is making the code ugly. And besides, ARM has the YIELD instruction, which is serving the same purpose.

      So, we need to have a function, say qYieldCpu(), to encapsulate all this, and then roll this out to other CAS loops, too.

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            mmutz Marc Mutz
            Vladimir Minenko Vladimir Minenko
            Alex Blasche Alex Blasche
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