Re: [PATCH] sched: Optimize branch hint in context_switch()

[Christian Borntraeger]

Am Sonntag 29 November 2009 16:25:43 schrieb Avi Kivity:
> These should be documented then to avoid patches removing them:
> 
>       #define slowpath(x) unlikely(x)
> 
>       if (slowpath(condition))
>             expensive_operation();

Neat. If we also modify the likelyhood tracer to __not__ check the
slowpath annotation by default this really looks like a good idea.

Christian
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