Re: [PATCH] Remove implicit list prefetches for most cases

[Andi Kleen]

> 
> If prefetch() is generally considered a "Bad Thing", 

Using it unconditionally in list_for_each style operations at least is.
> 
I'm OK with just
> removing them from NetLabel; no need to rename and conditionalize.  I
> put them in the netlbl_af[4,6]list_*() routines because those routines
> were modeled after the normal list routines which had prefetches and I
> just assumed someone much smarter had found them to be a win.

Unless you have gigantic list walk bodies they are unlikely to be
on anything modern. 

-Andi

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