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SubjectRe: [PATCH 00/10] jump label: introduce very_[un]likely + cleanups + docs
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 12:09:20PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 02/21/2012 12:02 PM, Jason Baron wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Renames 'static_branch()' -> very_unlikely(), hopefully, to be more intuitive
> > as to what jump labels is about. I'm also introducing 'very_likely()', as
> > the analogue to very_unlikely(). Patch is against the -tip perf branch.
> >
>
> Erk... I'm not happy about this. very_unlikely() makes it sound like it
> operates like unlikely(), which really is not the case. There is a huge
> difference in mechanism here as well as usage.
>
> -hpa
>

The naming discussion really stems from the addition of a default true
branch.

Originally we had 'static_branch()'. Then, in the first RFC introducing
the default true branch, I proposed: 'static_branch_def_false', and
'static_branch_def_true'. Did you like those better?

I'm not really too hung up on the naming, but I did think that
very_[un]likely were an interesting possibility.

Thanks,

-Jason


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