On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 00:54 +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote: > I'd say that the general rule should > be "don't check for NULL first unless you *know* the pointer will be NULL > >50% of the time"...
How about running the same tests but using likely()/unlikely() for the '1 in 50' cases? Lee - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/