ref: 2a29b497f215f91d05b6718a0e852e8a9b6ce6da dir: /sys/src/libc/amd64/cycles.s/
TEXT cycles(SB),1,$0 /* time stamp counter; cycles since power up */ RDTSC MOVL AX, 0(RARG) /* lo */ MOVL DX, 4(RARG) /* hi */ RET