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Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 18:22:08 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: Re: thread_info implementation
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   From: David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com>
   Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 17:53:12 -0800

   Loads are certainly not free on many CPU models.  This is made worse
   by the fact that C alias analysis has to be so pessimistic, especially
   given that the kernel is compiled with -fno-strict-aliasing.

I implemented the thread_info stuff, and I checked out the
performance, have you?
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