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authorVegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com>2009-06-15 09:50:49 -0400
committerVegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com>2009-06-15 09:50:49 -0400
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@@ -698,8 +698,8 @@ very often is not. Abundant use of the inline keyword leads to a much bigger
698kernel, which in turn slows the system as a whole down, due to a bigger 698kernel, which in turn slows the system as a whole down, due to a bigger
699icache footprint for the CPU and simply because there is less memory 699icache footprint for the CPU and simply because there is less memory
700available for the pagecache. Just think about it; a pagecache miss causes a 700available for the pagecache. Just think about it; a pagecache miss causes a
701disk seek, which easily takes 5 miliseconds. There are a LOT of cpu cycles 701disk seek, which easily takes 5 milliseconds. There are a LOT of cpu cycles
702that can go into these 5 miliseconds. 702that can go into these 5 milliseconds.
703 703
704A reasonable rule of thumb is to not put inline at functions that have more 704A reasonable rule of thumb is to not put inline at functions that have more
705than 3 lines of code in them. An exception to this rule are the cases where 705than 3 lines of code in them. An exception to this rule are the cases where