RDTSCP reads the time stamp counter and atomically also the content
of a 32-bit MSR, which can be freely set by the OS. This allows CPU
local data to be queried by userspace.
Linux uses this to allow a fast implementation of the getcpu()
syscall, which uses the vsyscall page to avoid a context switch.
AMD CPUs since K8RevF and Intel CPUs since Nehalem support this
instruction.
RDTSCP is guarded by the RDTSCP CPUID bit (Fn8000_0001:EDX[27]).
Signed-off-by: NAndre Przywara <andre.przywara@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: NAurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>