Re: [rfc patch] i386: don't save eflags on task switch

Arjan van de Ven
2006-11-05T17:35:20Z

> Andi, one single bug is usually worth _months_ of peoples time and effort.
> How many CPU cycles is that?

actually lockdep is pretty good at finding this type of bug IMMEDIATELY
even without the actual race triggering ;)

(but I otherwise agree that unless there is a
"sti-conditional-on-zero-flag" or something.... it's probably a void
optimization in the general uninlined case)

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