Re: [patch 3/9] Guest page hinting: volatile page cache.

On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 07:54 -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> Are all of the un/likely()s in here really needed?

Well, no un/likely is really needed. But they do help the compiler to
generate better code. It IS unlikely that a page is discarded.

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  Martin.

Martin Schwidefsky
Linux for zSeries Development & Services
IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH

"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.


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