> well, not necessarily. If you would modify the spin_unlock asm sequence at
> boot time, there would be no performance loss. But self-modifying code is
> not very desirable, so...
Erm, spin_unlock is inlined isn't it? So that won't work unless you want to
grep for the code sequence all over the kernel and modules; also, the binary
module people would be forced to brutally murder you :-)
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[It is] best to confuse only one issue at a time.
-- K&R
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