On 01/25/2013 08:15 AM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 06:07:20PM +0800, Xiao Guangrong wrote: >> It makes set_spte more clean and reduces branch prediction >> >> Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangr...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> >> --- >> arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- >> 1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > Don't see set_spte as being a performance problem? > IMO the current code is quite simple.
Yes, this is not a performance problem. I just dislike this many continuous "if"-s in the function: if (xxx) xxx if (xxx) xxx .... Totally, it has 7 "if"-s before this patch. Okay, if you think this is unnecessary, i will drop this patch. :) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/