Re: Patch 2.5.25: Ensure xtime_lock and timerlist_lock are on difft cachelines

From: Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au)
Date: Fri Jul 26 2002 - 23:17:30 EST

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In message <20020726145344.A18568@phreaker.net> you write:
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2002 at 05:56:19PM +1000, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > While it's probably justified in this case, you pay for it in a slight
> > increase in size...
>
> I thought you were of the opinion that "memory is cheap" ;-)

Absolutely: if you're trading it for programming time.

Rusty.

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