In article <20000829035343.J1795@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>,
Philipp Rumpf <prumpf@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>Just so no one else bothers checking this, the trick we use in sys_getppid()
>doesn't work. I'm also not convinced it's worth it to keep that one - it is
>rather subtle and we end up doing a memory barrier anyway.
Yeah, getppid() is a special case.
And yes, it's subtle and probable not really worth it. But it's one of
those things where it does make a few cycles of difference. And it's one
of the system calls people use for benchmarking.
Blush.
Linus
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