Re: [cpuops cmpxchg double V2 1/4] Generic support forthis_cpu_cmpxchg_double

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Fri Jan 21 2011 - 11:35:07 EST


On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 08:30:41AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> There is a technical argument: any noninline version will have
> actual code overhead.

But the type checking and all those stuff have to be macros anyway.
If out-of-line implementation is necessary, it can take whatever
parameter to optimize performance from the frontend macro.

Thanks.

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tejun
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