Re: [PATCH] use unlikely() for current_kernel_time() loop

From: Brian F. G. Bidulock
Date: Thu Jun 08 2006 - 06:49:57 EST


Andi,

On Thu, 08 Jun 2006, Andi Kleen wrote:
> >
> > Don't think there was an error. Tests performed on STREAMS external
> > modules optimized with profiling data.
>
> You mean with compiler profile feedback?

No, hand optimized from oprofile runs.

> If that is slower then it would sound like a compiler bug.

What slower? It was 2% faster. And that was only the external
kernel modules compiled without the -fno-redorder-blocks flag.

--brian
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