Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] task_struct colouring ... | Date | Sat, 1 Dec 2001 09:49:04 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> The point is why store kernel pointers in global registers when You can > achieve the same functionality, with a smaller patch, that does not need > to be recoded for each CPU, without using global registers.
Because it is much much much faster
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