> > functions are used in process creation/termination, we would need to > > keep them inline, when optimizing for performance. > > I'd keep them inline for performance reasons. As Matt Mackall explained more carefully in his reply, it's no longer clear that inlining is best for performance in as many situations as it was the past. Cache footprint size tends to dominate performance on present day processors. See also Matt's comments on the NULL struct pid check. Getting rid of conditional jumps may be the more important performance issue here. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson <pj@xxxxxxx> 1.925.600.0401 _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers