On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 15:59 -0600, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > Space saving was the only reason for nsproxy to exist. > > Now of course it also provides the teensiest reduction in # instructions > since every clone results in just one reference count inc for the > nsproxy rather than one for each namespace.
If we have 7 or 8 namespaces, then it can save us a significant number of atomic instructions on _each_ of the refcounts, plus touching all of the cachelines, etc... -- Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ ckrm-tech mailing list https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ckrm-tech
