linux-kernel - Re: [patch 9/9] Scheduler profiling

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Message-ID: <p736469dsdb.fsf@bingen.suse.de>
Date:	31 May 2007 15:39:44 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 9/9] Scheduler profiling - Use conditional calls

Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca> writes:
>  	}
> -	profile_hit(SCHED_PROFILING, __builtin_return_address(0));
> +	cond_call(profile_on,
> +		profile_hit(SCHED_PROFILING, __builtin_return_address(0)));

Would it be possible to use a syntax like

        if (unlikely_cond_call(variable)) {     (or better name) 
                ...
        } 

instead? I think that would be much nicer to read than having
code in a macro argument

-Andi
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