ref: dcb361e68aa85e102b684d511e8834e08dc7ed8a 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