Re: Syscall contention tests return, userret() bugs/issues.

In message <[e-mail]>, Poul-Henning Kamp writes:

>The practical guide to execute #3 should be:
>
>	A = Time reference code
>	B = Time modified code
>	C = Time reference code
>	D = Time modified code
>
>Unless both A and C are lower than both B and D it will take a lot
>of carefully controlled test-runs to prove that there is a statistically
>significant improvement (standard deviations and all that...)

And of course I get the sign wrong:

Unless both A and C are _higher_ than both B and D...

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