Unlikely and likely() functions....

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Subject: Unlikely and likely() functions....
From: charan raj <c.charan@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 12:21:12 +0530
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I am new to this mailing list .....

i just came across this unlikely() and likely() function in kernel code ( eg .. unlikely() is used in fork.c ) , i don;t have any idea

about what the above 2 functions does ......

can anybody plz explain what the two functions all about .....

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