linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Scheduler Profiling

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Date:	Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:32:23 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Scheduler Profiling - Use Immediate Values

> The idea is not to hide the unlikely, but to leave the opportunity to
> make this primitive evolve in something that won't depend on a load
> immediate and only require patching of a jump, given the appropriate gcc
> support (yet to come).

If that ever happens the code can be still changed. But i don't think
it's a good idea to uglify the code for something that if it 
ever exists will be a long time away.

Besides if gcc supports it I assume the gcc support could 
also be written in a way that makes it possible to hide it inside
a standard if ()

-Andi
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