> So I don't get why we can't do the below; I think Jason tried to ask the > same...
The important part for performance is to minimize the cache line transfers. Your unconditional variant would cause more dirty cache lines than Tim's, right? -Andi -- 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/