* rth: > Therefore, I've created small out-of-line helpers that are directly > linked into every library or executable that requires them. There > will be two direct branches, both of which will be well-predicted.
This seems reasonable to me, considering the trade-offs. If the indirect function call overhead is deemed too large, the only other feasible option I see from a distribution point of view is to drop support for the previous architecture version without LSE. Thanks, Florian
