>>>>> On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 17:41:02 -0800 (PST), "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com> said:
David> From: David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com> Date: Mon, 11
David> Feb 2002 17:36:48 -0800
David> Umh, perhaps because it adds one level of indirection to
David> every access of "current"??
DaveM> Ummm, which is totally cached and therefore costs nothing?
Loads are certainly not free on many CPU models. This is made worse
by the fact that C alias analysis has to be so pessimistic, especially
given that the kernel is compiled with -fno-strict-aliasing.
--david
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