[PATCH] Faster process initialization

Christopher Faylor cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com
Wed Sep 1 18:35:00 GMT 2010


On Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 08:16:49PM +0200, Magnus Holmgren wrote:
>This patch speeds up process initialization on 64-bit systems. Maybe
>the comment "Initialize signal processing here ..." should be re-worded
>or removed completely.

Yes, the fact that the comment makes no sense when moved would be your
first clue that it should be deleted.

>The speed difference can be noticeable.
>"while (true); do date; done | uniq -c" manages more than 3 times more
>"date" executions per second on my system.

Although you participated in the thread, you apparently ignored this:

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-08/msg01000.html

So, patch thoughtfully rejected.

cgf



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