Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751565AbWIAP3z (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Sep 2006 11:29:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751560AbWIAP3z (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Sep 2006 11:29:55 -0400 Received: from mtagate5.de.ibm.com ([195.212.29.154]:36229 "EHLO mtagate5.de.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751544AbWIAP3y (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Sep 2006 11:29:54 -0400 Subject: Re: [patch 3/9] Guest page hinting: volatile page cache. From: Martin Schwidefsky Reply-To: schwidefsky@de.ibm.com To: Dave Hansen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au, frankeh@watson.ibm.com, rhim@cc.gateh.edu In-Reply-To: <1157122479.28577.64.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <20060901110948.GD15684@skybase> <1157122479.28577.64.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: IBM Corporation Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:29:40 +0200 Message-Id: <1157124580.21733.10.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 656 Lines: 22 On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 07:54 -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: > Are all of the un/likely()s in here really needed? Well, no un/likely is really needed. But they do help the compiler to generate better code. It IS unlikely that a page is discarded. -- blue skies, Martin. Martin Schwidefsky Linux for zSeries Development & Services IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH "Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin. - 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/