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From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
To: "Hefty, Sean" <sean.hefty-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "kliteyn-LDSdmyG8hGV8YrgS2mwiifqBs+8SCbDb@public.gmane.org"
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] opensm/complib: define "if" statements with branch prediction hints
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:54:13 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120814215413.GA29245@obsidianresearch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A8237346A892A4-P5GAC/sN6hmkrb+BlOpmy7fspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 09:39:23PM +0000, Hefty, Sean wrote:
> > +#define if_PF(cond)		if(CL_PREDICT_FALSE(cond))
> > +#define if_PT(cond)		if(CL_PREDICT_TRUE(cond))
> 
> If CL_PREDICT_TRUE/FALSE are too long, why not just shorten those,
> rather than abstract if statements behind a macro?

If you are typing these so often (ie more than in some datastructure
kernels) that the length is a problem then you really should be using
profile guided optimization instead...

Jason
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-08-14 21:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-08-14 21:32 [PATCH 2/8] opensm/complib: define "if" statements with branch prediction hints Yevgeny Kliteynik
     [not found] ` <502AC3DC.9090102-VPRAkNaXOzVS1MOuV/RT9w@public.gmane.org>
2012-08-14 21:39   ` Hefty, Sean
     [not found]     ` <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A8237346A892A4-P5GAC/sN6hmkrb+BlOpmy7fspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2012-08-14 21:54       ` Jason Gunthorpe [this message]
     [not found]         ` <20120814215413.GA29245-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2012-08-26 13:43           ` Yevgeny Kliteynik
     [not found]             ` <503A2814.6030709-LDSdmyG8hGV8YrgS2mwiifqBs+8SCbDb@public.gmane.org>
2012-08-26 13:56               ` Yevgeny Kliteynik
2012-08-27 17:51               ` Hefty, Sean
     [not found]                 ` <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A8237346A8B2AD-P5GAC/sN6hmkrb+BlOpmy7fspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2012-09-11 15:23                   ` Yevgeny Kliteynik

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