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Date:      Sat, 5 May 2018 12:00:55 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>
Cc:        Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r333240 - in head/sys: powerpc/powerpc sys
Message-ID:  <20180505120055.GA81833@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20180505090954.X1307@besplex.bde.org>
References:  <201805040400.w4440moH025057@repo.freebsd.org> <20180504155301.GA56280@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> <CAG6CVpUr_2b-yT1-uExcY1Tvpg=-P3y_owNHQ0UPg604to8Y0Q@mail.gmail.com> <20180505090954.X1307@besplex.bde.org>

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On Sat, May 05, 2018 at 10:38:29AM +1000, Bruce Evans wrote:
> ...
> Summary: this change wouldn't have passed my review.  I have used similar
> changes for 15-20 years but never made them production quality since there
> are too many variations to consider and testing showed insignificant
> improvements except for micro-benchmarks.

Perhaps Foundation could sponsor your work to make them production quality
Bruce.  :-)

Seriously though, I'm a bit worried to see these commits happening at the
same time correctness of the implementation is still under discussion and
disputes.  Shall I expect that after my next -CURRENT update things would
suddenly stop working? [1]

./danfe

[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638477



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