sched, x86: Optimize branch hint in __switch_to()
authorTim Blechmann <tim@klingt.org>
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:55:15 +0000 (11:55 +0100)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:20:04 +0000 (12:20 +0100)
commita3a1de0c34de6f5f8332cd6151c46af7813c0fcb
tree2eaff67aaf2e0c841b26054b48e2a632db211c40
parent710390d90f143a9ebb87a475215140f426792efd
sched, x86: Optimize branch hint in __switch_to()

Branch hint profiling on my nehalem machine showed 96%
incorrect branch hints:

  6548732 174664120  96 __switch_to                    process_64.c
    406
  6548745 174565593  96 __switch_to                    process_64.c
    410

Signed-off-by: Tim Blechmann <tim@klingt.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <4B0BBB93.3080307@klingt.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c