Re: gcc inlining heuristics was Re: [PATCH -v7][RFC]: mutex: implement adaptive spinning

[Nick Piggin]

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 01:13:45AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > But you'll need some background to it:
> > 
> > You paint a somewhat one-sided picture bordering on FUD.
> 
> Type based aliasing should at most have been an opt-in for code that 
> cares, not a turned-on-by-default feature for everyone.

I want to know what is the problem with the restrict keyword?
I'm sure I've read Linus ranting about how bad it is in the
past... it seems like a nice opt-in thing that can be used where
the aliases are verified and the code is particularly performance
critical...

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