Re: [PATCH] [LSM] Rework LSM hooks

[David Mosberger]

>>>>> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 08:25:10 -0700, Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxx> said:

  >> An alternative solution might be to have a call_likely() macro,
  >> where you could predict the most likely target of an indirect
  >> call.  Perhaps that could help other platforms as well.

  Chris> Hmm, the pointers are generally quite static, set once near
  Chris> boot time typically, and that's it.  Seems like a plausible
  Chris> win.  Do you have an example of what call_likely() would look
  Chris> like?

The macro I had in mind works only for static (compile-time)
predictions, I'm afraid.

	--david
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