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    >>>>> 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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