[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Add "cold" attribute to init/uninit functions in libavcodec

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:12:44AM -0300, Ramiro Polla wrote:
[...]
> While you're at it, why don't you take a look at the (un)likely macros 
> the linux kernel uses?
> It's stuff like:
> (under gcc)
> #define likely(x)       __builtin_expect(!!(x), 1)
> #define unlikely(x)     __builtin_expect(!!(x), 0)
> 
> that could be used in some speed critical places where we know more than 
> gcc about the probability of a condition.
> 
> Is this welcome in FFmpeg?

if and only if it does provide some speed gain (needs benchmarks)

[...]
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