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Date:      Mon, 05 Aug 2002 01:54:45 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>
Cc:        smp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how to create per-cpu variables in SMP kernels ?
Message-ID:  <3D4E3D55.38ECB8E@mindspring.com>
References:  <20020804182713.A14944@iguana.icir.org> <3D4E1ECB.348978D1@mindspring.com> <20020805015340.A17716@iguana.icir.org>

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Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> i am asking because in the code I see several instance of things like
> 
>         p = curproc;
>         <code using p instead of curproc>
> 
> in a context where curproc is not supposed to change. Is there a
> performance bonus in doing this, or not ?

Yes.  Look at the definition of curproc.

-- Terry

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