The search for the correct amount of split-lock misery
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Unlike many other architectures, x86 systems support atomic operations that affect more than on [...]
  • jarfil@beehaw.org
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    3 days ago

    As long as you can re-disable it after playing the game…

    I know, all background processes get impacted during gameplay, but that was the case already. The popup can explain the tradeoff, and who’s to blame (game dev).