linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86 fixes for 3.11-rc2

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Message-ID: <20130720132548.GA13759@pd.tnic>
Date:	Sat, 20 Jul 2013 15:25:48 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	George Spelvin <linux@...izon.com>
Cc:	hpa@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86 fixes for 3.11-rc2

On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 08:25:04AM -0400, George Spelvin wrote:
> It's marginal with only two call sites, but would it be worth factoring
> out the write-back function?  Something like this (untested) patch.
> It definitely makes the generated assembly cleaner.

I don't think that matters because this is called only once on suspend.
Unless the cleaner assembly translates into a palpable speedup, which I
doubt.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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