malc wrote:
> And generalizations are always true. Anyhow, i'm explicitly against the
> patch, so first obtain the express acknowledgment from the leaders,
> otherwise i'll revert it should it go in.
>   

I'm adding the following patch to Juan's series.  The result is that 
get_ticks_per_sec() should be optimized to a literal value.  The result 
being that uses of it are faster than they were before (not it should 
matter).

I think the result of this patch is that the refactoring is an 
undeniable improvement.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori