On 5/30/07, Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Mulyadi Santosa wrote: > Hello everyone... > > Many times I read about slow path and fast path during some kernel > development talks. What are they? My raw understanding is, I've cut the rest of your email, because you interpreted the terms wrong :) In general, "fast path" is the commonly run code that should finish very quickly. For example, when it comes to spinlocks the fast path is that nobody is holding the spinlock and the CPU that wants it can just take it.
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