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SubjectRe: spin_unlock optimization
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 :-)

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