linux-kernel - Re: Immediate values

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Message-ID: <20090924123428.GA27282@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:34:28 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Immediate values


* Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca> wrote:

> Hi Ingo,
> 
> Andi asked me this week when we should expect to see the "immediate 
> values" make it into mainline. I remember you pulled them at one 
> point. He would like to use them to encode some very hot-path 
> variables into the instruction stream.
> 
> How should I proceed to get that upstream ? Would a repost be 
> appropriate ?

Would have to see it in full context i guess, with before/after 
measurements, etc.

	Ingo
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