Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751255Ab3CWNv7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:51:59 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([193.170.194.197]:44430 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751077Ab3CWNv6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:51:58 -0400 Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 14:51:56 +0100 From: Andi Kleen To: Borislav Petkov , Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, x86@kernel.org, Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/29] x86, tsx: Add a per thread transaction disable count Message-ID: <20130323135156.GJ20853@two.firstfloor.org> References: <1364001923-10796-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> <1364001923-10796-13-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> <20130323115115.GA10821@pd.tnic> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130323115115.GA10821@pd.tnic> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 488 Lines: 15 > > This surely can be a bitfield like the other two below. It is basically > begging to be one. Bit fields are slower and larger in code and unlike the others this is on hot paths. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/