On Fri, 2017-04-07 at 11:45 +0100, George Dunlap wrote:
> On 06/04/17 09:16, Dario Faggioli wrote:
> > Since we're holding the lock on the pCPU from which we
> > are trying to steal, it can't have disappeared, so we
> > can drop the check for that (and convert it in an
> > ASSERT()).
> > 
> > And since we try to steal only from busy pCPUs, it's
> > unlikely for such pCPU to be idle, so we mark it as
> > such (and bail early if it unfortunately is).
> 
> Oh, you mean "mark the test as unlikely".  I initially parsed this
> as,
> "Mark the pcpu as idle", which confused me.
> 
> Can I change this to, "tell the compiler that it's unlikely"?
> 
Indeed. AFAICS, I'll have to resend, so I will do this myself.

> Either way:
> 
> Reviewed-by; George Dunlap <george.dun...@citrix.com>
> 
Thanks,
Dario
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