> Only I can guess for that reason is the reduction of some function calls > by inlining some functions. Yes once at a time cfu was inline too and just checked for the right sizes and the used g*u, but it got lost in the "icache over everything else" mania which is unfortunately en vogue for quite some time in kernel land (aka measuring patches only based on their impact on the .text size, not the actual performance) But you might getter better gains by fixing this general c*u() regression. -Andi -- ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Speaking for myself only. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html