cvs commit: src/lib/libthread_xu/thread thr_mutex.c
    David Xu 
    bsddiy at 126.com
       
    Fri Apr  7 16:09:35 PDT 2006
    
    
  
Matthew Dillon wrote:
>     Just on general principle, don't over-use those branch-prediction
>     macros.  They add a lot of confusion to the code for virtually no
>     gain in performance.  The less you use them, the better things will
>     be.
> 
> -Matt
Normally, it will improve static branch prediction, pthread_mutex_lock
is so critical, I want to reduce any overhead, it is still slower than
NPTL because I have to do extra test to dynamically initialize mutex.
David Xu
    
    
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