Re: When should we use likely() / unlikely() / get_unaligned() ?

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> A probability argument for get_unaligned() allows those architectures to
> _unconditionally_ emit inline unaligned load/store code, while allowing
> other, saner, architectures to start doing so only when the probability
> means it makes sense.
> 
> The alternative would be a get_unlikely_unaligned() which does the same

I think that this alternative is way better than introducing
probabilities.
				Pavel
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