linux-kernel - Re: [patch 4/8] Immediate Value

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Date:	Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:28:01 +0400
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 4/8] Immediate Value - Add kconfig menus

On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 09:24:43PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> Immediate values provide a way to use dynamic code patching to update variables
> sitting within the instruction stream. It saves caches lines normally used by
> static read mostly variables.

>  kernel/Kconfig.immediate |   11 +++++++++++

NAK, if this immediate stuff is so super-cool¹ it should be default on.

¹ it isn't

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