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      "text": "Another round of getting optimized error checking. Disassembly [after syscall] shows that it works. \n(1.) Volatile store __LINE__\n(2.) Volatile store \"error code\"\n(3.) TEST if error\n(4.) Conditional forward branch on error [static prediction untaken]\nAS_MINIMAL_AS_ONE_CAN_GET",
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      "text": "A macro cheat sheet to try to explain how it works ...",
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      "text": "I have a collection of force inline wrappers that test returns from syscalls/functions for error and return the return. These all leverage builtin_expect so the compiler knows to make them fall through in the common case.",
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      "text": "Those force inlines call Err() on terminal error. The Err() function ensures the {__LINE__, error} stores are visible, then triggers the console drawing code to kill the app with printed error. Then it sleeps until the termination.",
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      "text": "Compiler eventually screws up, but at least it gets the fast path correct, and the slow error path gets an extra call. Effectively it conditionally forward branches to a distant call to Err() instead of just branching to the Err().",
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      "author": "NOTimothyLottes",
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      "text": "So I can liter error checks around stuff with little actual cost,\n(1.) Two stores\n(2.) A CMP or TEST\n(3.) An ignored on no-error branch on the first execution! [this code almost never runs 2 times].",
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