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authorTavian Barnes <tavianator@gmail.com>2009-09-17 03:18:23 +0000
committerTavian Barnes <tavianator@gmail.com>2009-09-17 03:18:23 +0000
commit01eb59bb3061bbdf9feaaf3d5b4e1258526106bb (patch)
treeb077f4ef87f62d72077b028b72d679af48bdf088 /src/x86
parentd91fc123002737feb3b1cd95f5fc148f1f1bf290 (diff)
downloadlibsandglass-01eb59bb3061bbdf9feaaf3d5b4e1258526106bb.tar.xz
Add assembly sandglass_get_tsc function.
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+/*************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Tavian Barnes <tavianator@gmail.com> *
+ * *
+ * This file is part of The Sandglass Library. *
+ * *
+ * The Sandglass Library is free software; you can redistribute it *
+ * and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public *
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version *
+ * 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. *
+ * *
+ * The Sandglass Library is distributed in the hope that it will be *
+ * useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty *
+ * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU *
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details. *
+ * *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public *
+ * License along with this program. If not, see *
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. *
+ *************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ * Return the time stamp counter, and serialize the instruction
+ */
+
+ .text
+/* long sandglass_get_tsc(); */
+.globl sandglass_get_tsc
+ .type sandglass_get_tsc, @function
+sandglass_get_tsc:
+ pushl %ebx /* Callee-save register, clobbered by cpuid */
+ pushl %esi
+ cpuid /* Serialize */
+ rdtsc /* Read time stamp counter */
+ movl %eax, %esi /* Store tsc */
+ cpuid /* Serialize again */
+ movl %esi, %eax
+ popl %esi
+ popl %ebx
+ ret
+ .size sandglass_get_tsc, .-sandglass_get_tsc