Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Apr 2003 07:39:02 -0700 | From | "Martin J. Bligh" <> | Subject | Re: BUGed to death |
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> > It is questionable. Since even in core kernel code there are > > many places with > > if (cond) > > BUG(); > > rather than > > BUG_ON(cond); > > it may be worth seeing if converting them makes a difference > > (increases code size though). > > The spinlock code sticks out as a possible good target. > Any takers for benchmarking ?
I can try that ... However, do I have to use gcc > 3 to see anything? I had some vague recollection that unlikely() doesn't do much for gcc 2.95, is that correct?
M.
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