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SubjectRe: [PATCH] [LSM] Rework LSM hooks
>>>>> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 08:25:10 -0700, Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org> said:

>> An alternative solution might be to have a call_likely() macro,
>> where you could predict the most likely target of an indirect
>> call. Perhaps that could help other platforms as well.

Chris> Hmm, the pointers are generally quite static, set once near
Chris> boot time typically, and that's it. Seems like a plausible
Chris> win. Do you have an example of what call_likely() would look
Chris> like?

The macro I had in mind works only for static (compile-time)
predictions, I'm afraid.

--david
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