Re: remove __read_mostly?

[Paul Jackson]

Christoph wrote:
> 99:1 may be too small a ratio.

Could well be.  I was just quoting Ravikiran's number.  I suspect he
was using the number loosely, not as a precise value.


> A read_mostly marked variable should be changed rarely (meaning is 
> is extremely unlikely that his is going to change) but read frequently.

Yes - well said.

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