Re: [HACKERS] inlining

>
> > Btw, I sure wish someone would comment on the S_LOCK analysis even if only
> > to tell me not to make such long posts as it wastes bandwidth. Or
> > was it just too long to read?
>
> I read it all! Great analysis of the situation and not a waste, IMHO.
>
> One comment...when you ran the tests in succession, could the cache be
> responsible for the timing groupings in the same test?  Should a
> little program be run in between to "flush" the cache full of garbage
> so each real run will miss?  Seem to recall a little program, in CUJ,
> I think, that set up a big array and then iterated over it to trash
> the cache.

Yes, that is a good point.  When testing in a loop, the function is in
the cache, while in normal use, the function may not be in the cache
because of intervening instructions.

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