Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 30 Dec 1999 22:21:03 +0000 | From | Steve Dodd <> | Subject | Re: spin_unlock optimization |
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On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 04:06:04AM +0100, Oliver Henning wrote:
> well, not necessarily. If you would modify the spin_unlock asm sequence at > boot time, there would be no performance loss. But self-modifying code is > not very desirable, so...
Erm, spin_unlock is inlined isn't it? So that won't work unless you want to grep for the code sequence all over the kernel and modules; also, the binary module people would be forced to brutally murder you :-)
-- [It is] best to confuse only one issue at a time. -- K&R
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