Re: [timers] net/core/*

[Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxx>]

On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 10:19:37PM +0200, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > gcc 3.0 will fix this, with -freorder-blocks (which knows some common
> > heuristics like == NULL is usually not taken already) and __builtin_expect()
> > 
> > it'll allow exorcise of about a zillion gotos from the kernel tree.
> 
> I wish... :)   We'll still have to support gcc 2.7.2...

Not with the highest efficieny though. gcc 2.7.2 kernels will be most
likely slower than gcc 3.0 kernels (3.0 has a much better scheduler at least
on x86). Adding a few more cycles difference probably do not hurt -- 
especially when it makes the code easier to read and maintain.

-Andi

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