Re: [PATCH] Unify sys_tkill() and sys_tgkill()

[Jörn Engel <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>]

On Sat, 24 September 2005 16:52:28 +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> > +static int do_tkill(int tgid, int pid, int sig)
> 
> I would probably have made this
> 
>   static inline int do_tkill(int tgid, int pid, int sig)

Why?  It would only return the original duplication in binary form and
save a minimal amount of time for something already slow - a system
call.  With small caches, the code duplication could even waste more
performance than the missing function call would gain you.

Other nits were well-picked.

Jörn

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You can't tell where a program is going to spend its time. Bottlenecks
occur in surprising places, so don't try to second guess and put in a
speed hack until you've proven that's where the bottleneck is.
-- Rob Pike
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