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Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 23:54:58 +0300
From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: branchless clear_page()
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On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 11:52:29PM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> Apply alternatives at the call site instead of function body.
> Save branch per clean page.
> 
> Bonus: tell gcc to not flush whole shebang of registers,
> just RDI, RAX, RCX.

Rename individual clear_page() functions closer to implementation
details (_c_e suffix sucks).