From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jul 12 19:18: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AC6114F42 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 19:18:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA03301; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 19:09:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199907130209.TAA03301@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Mike Haertel Cc: Matthew Dillon , Luoqi Chen , dfr@nlsystems.com, jeremyp@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "objtrm" problem probably found (was Re: Stuck in "objtrm") In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 12 Jul 1999 10:41:26 PDT." <199907121741.KAA17837@ducky.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 19:09:58 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Although function calls are more expensive than inline code, > they aren't necessarily a lot more so, and function calls to > non-locked RMW operations are certainly much cheaper than > inline locked RMW operations. This is a fairly key statement in context, and an opinion here would count for a lot; are function calls likely to become more or less expensive in time? -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message