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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] x86-64 TIF flags for debug regs and io bitmap in ctxsw
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On Tuesday 04 July 2006 09:51, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > - }
> > - }
> > + if (unlikely((task_thread_info(next_p)->flags & _TIF_WORK_CTXSW))
> > + || test_tsk_thread_flag(prev_p, TIF_IO_BITMAP))
> > + __switch_to_xtra(prev_p, next_p, tss);
>
> well isn't this replacing an if() (which isn't cheap but also not
> expensive, due to unlikely()) with an atomic operation (which *is*
> expensive) ?

Where do you see an atomic operation?

Also on x86-64 unlikely is an no-op.

-Andi
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