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+
+// Copyright Oliver Kowalke 2014.
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+// (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+#ifndef CYCLE_I386_H
+#define CYCLE_I386_H
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <numeric>
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <boost/assert.hpp>
+#include <boost/bind.hpp>
+#include <boost/cstdint.hpp>
+
+#define BOOST_CONTEXT_CYCLE
+
+typedef boost::uint64_t cycle_type;
+
+#if _MSC_VER
+inline
+cycle_type cycles()
+{
+ cycle_type c;
+ __asm {
+ cpuid
+ rdtsc
+ mov dword ptr [c + 0], eax
+ mov dword ptr [c + 4], edx
+ }
+ return c;
+}
+#elif defined(__GNUC__) || \
+ defined(__INTEL_COMPILER) || defined(__ICC) || defined(_ECC) || defined(__ICL)
+inline
+cycle_type cycles()
+{
+ boost::uint32_t lo, hi;
+
+ __asm__ __volatile__ (
+ "xorl %%eax, %%eax\n"
+ "cpuid\n"
+ ::: "%eax", "%ebx", "%ecx", "%edx"
+ );
+ __asm__ __volatile__ ("rdtsc" : "=a" (lo), "=d" (hi) );
+ __asm__ __volatile__ (
+ "xorl %%eax, %%eax\n"
+ "cpuid\n"
+ ::: "%eax", "%ebx", "%ecx", "%edx"
+ );
+
+ return ( cycle_type)hi << 32 | lo;
+}
+#else
+# error "this compiler is not supported"
+#endif
+
+struct cycle_overhead
+{
+ cycle_type operator()()
+ {
+ cycle_type start( cycles() );
+ return cycles() - start;
+ }
+};
+
+inline
+cycle_type overhead_cycle()
+{
+ std::size_t iterations( 10);
+ std::vector< cycle_type > overhead( iterations, 0);
+ for ( std::size_t i( 0); i < iterations; ++i)
+ std::generate(
+ overhead.begin(), overhead.end(),
+ cycle_overhead() );
+ BOOST_ASSERT( overhead.begin() != overhead.end() );
+ return std::accumulate( overhead.begin(), overhead.end(), 0) / iterations;
+}
+
+#endif // CYCLE_I386_H