On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 08:16:49PM +0200, Magnus Holmgren wrote: >This patch speeds up process initialization on 64-bit systems. Maybe >the comment "Initialize signal processing here ..." should be re-worded >or removed completely.
Yes, the fact that the comment makes no sense when moved would be your first clue that it should be deleted. >The speed difference can be noticeable. >"while (true); do date; done | uniq -c" manages more than 3 times more >"date" executions per second on my system. Although you participated in the thread, you apparently ignored this: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-08/msg01000.html So, patch thoughtfully rejected. cgf
