linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/5] branch hint tweaks

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Date:	Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:54:59 +0100
From:	Tim Blechmann <tim@...ngt.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/5] branch hint tweaks

hi all,

doing some branch hint profiling of 2.6.31 on my nehalem machine showed
a few
incorrect branch hints.
these patches remove or change the branch hints

Tim Blechmann (5):
  process_64: remove branch hint
  sched.c: change branch hint
  slab.c: remove branch hint
  sched_fair.c: remove branch hint
  workqueue.c: remove branch hint

 arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c |    4 ++--
 kernel/sched.c               |    4 ++--
 kernel/sched_fair.c          |    2 +-
 kernel/workqueue.c           |    2 +-
 mm/slab.c                    |    2 +-
 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)



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