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Re: [PATCH] Mirror i386 change on sparc: 'Avoid "anonymous" code in pthread_spin_lock'
Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov@google.com> writes:
> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>
>> The point of the subsection is so that you don't need the jump around.
>> It's simulating the compiler putting an unlikely BB out of line.
>
> I understand that. My point is that "just by removing the .subsection"
> doesn't produce working code.
Of course it doesn't, since it now lacks the jump around.
Andreas.
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