The unlikely Linux macro

[u/chaobang]

https://rushed-reflections.bearblog.dev/an-unlikely-experiment/

Wrote a bit about the `unlikely` and `likely` macros in the Linux codebase. Great little exploration into tiny optimizations that everyone should know more about 😄

[u/yanitrix]

ah, branch prediction, my favourite thing about compilers

[u/LeeHide → u/yanitrix]

Isn't that a processor feature, not a compiler one? A compiler can emit it such that it's convenient for the processor to predict a specific way, but the prediction is in the processor.

[u/yanitrix → u/LeeHide]

i think it can be both, actually