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On 07/16/2013 04:39 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> 
> ok. so the old code is just for optimization to keep it cacheline aligned?
> 

To the best of my knowledge.  I guess I should look through the git log
to make sure it isn't some old erratum fix.

	-hpa