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* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> > Eric got a 45% increase in network throughput, and I saw a 
> > factor 4x or so improvement with the semaphore test. I 
> > realize these are not "real workloads", and I will give you 
> > numbers with those once I have gathered some, on different 
> > systems.
> 
> Good. This is what I want to see.

I've put these commits aside meanwhile, until we have the 
numbers and decide one way or another.

Thanks,

	Ingo