Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758052AbXIZQsR (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:48:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752178AbXIZQr7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:47:59 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:59990 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751008AbXIZQr6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:47:58 -0400 Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:47:56 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Erez Zadok cc: Kyle Moffett , "Kok, Auke" , akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, viro@ftp.linux.org.uk, hch@infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/25] Unionfs: add un/likely conditionals on copyup ops In-Reply-To: <200709261543.l8QFhLC0028883@agora.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> Message-ID: References: <200709261543.l8QFhLC0028883@agora.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 803 Lines: 22 On Sep 26 2007 11:43, Erez Zadok wrote: > >*That's* the information I was looking for, Kyle: what's the estimated >probability I should be using as my guideline. I used 95% (20/1 ratio), and ;-) 19:1 <=> 95:5 <=> 95% <=> ratio=0.95 != 20.0 (=20/1) >you're telling me I should use 99% (100/1 ratio). The difference between 99:1 <=> 99% <=> ratio=0.99 != 100.0 (=100/1) >the number of cycles saved/added is very compelling. Given that I certainly >agree with you that I'm using un/likely too much. I'll re-evaluate and >update my patch series then. - 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/