Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:02:00 -0700 | From | Val Henson <> | Subject | Re: any chance of 2.6.0-test*? |
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On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 04:27:30PM -0500, Rob Wilkens wrote: > > I've only compiled (and haven't tested this code), but it should be much > faster than the original code. Why? Because we're eliminating an extra > "jump" in several places in the code every time open would be called. > Yes, it's more code, so the kernel is a little bigger, but it should be > faster at the same time, and memory should be less of an issue nowadays.
To the tune of "Teen Angst" from Cracker:
Cause, what the world needs now, is another theoretical optimizer like I need a hole in my head.
You'd think I'd be resigned to the l-k tradition of the unbenchmarked "optimization" patch, but apparently not yet...
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