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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] get_empty_filp tweaks, inline epoll_init_file()
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:44:51 -0800
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Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> This patch eliminates a handful of cache references by keeping current 
>  in a register instead of reloading (helps x86)

Are you sure it helps?  I was checking that the other day and found that the
compiler caches current quite competently.