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Don't use __builtin_expect 

Partially revert previous patch and use
unlikey() just as code annotation.

Actually it is better to rely on a profiler for branch prediction:

http://blog.man7.org/2012/10/how-much-do-builtinexpect-likely-and.html

"In fact, even when only one in ten thousand values is nonzero,
we're still at only roughly the break-even point"

No functional change,
sf_4_base
Marco Costalba 2013-07-15 21:09:06 +02:00
parent cbb1a8ed31
commit 46fdb14b2f
1 changed files with 2 additions and 8 deletions
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@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
#include "platform.h"
#define unlikely(x) (x) // For code annotation purposes
#if defined(_WIN64) && !defined(IS_64BIT)
# include <intrin.h> // MSVC popcnt and bsfq instrinsics
# define IS_64BIT
@ -71,14 +73,6 @@
# define FORCE_INLINE inline
#endif
#ifdef __GNUC__
# define likely(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 1)
# define unlikely(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 0)
#else
# define likely(x) (x)
# define unlikely(x) (x)
#endif
#if defined(USE_POPCNT)
const bool HasPopCnt = true;
#else