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From: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linuxpower.ca>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.6-mm] Allow i386 to reenable interrupts on lock
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On Sat, 1 May 2004, Andrew Morton wrote:

> Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linuxpower.ca> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 1 May 2004, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >
> >  > Could we move all the irq-handling stuff into the out-of-line section, to
> >  > keep the fast-path cache footprint smaller?
> >
> >  Of course, oversight on my part. Done and restested.
>
> Thanks.  Would be nice to find some test which showed improved throughput
> from this ;)

I'll see if i can locate something or put something together and report
back.

	Zwane