> > Testcase       Time:         Min         Max         Avg      StdDev        
> >  %Change
> > numa01.sh      Real:      478.45      565.90      515.11       30.87        
> >  16.29%
> > numa01.sh       Sys:      207.79      271.04      232.94       21.33        
> >  -15.8%
> > numa01.sh      User:    39763.93    47303.12    43210.73     2644.86        
> >  14.04%
> > numa02.sh      Real:       60.00       61.46       60.78        0.49        
> >  0.871%
> > numa02.sh       Sys:       15.71       25.31       20.69        3.42        
> >  17.35%
> > numa02.sh      User:     5175.92     5265.86     5235.97       32.82        
> >  0.464%
> > numa03.sh      Real:      776.42      834.85      806.01       23.22        
> >  -7.47%
> > numa03.sh       Sys:      114.43      128.75      121.65        5.49        
> >  -19.5%
> > numa03.sh      User:    60773.93    64855.25    62616.91     1576.39        
> >  -5.36%
> > numa04.sh      Real:      456.93      511.95      482.91       20.88        
> >  2.930%
> > numa04.sh       Sys:      178.09      460.89      356.86       94.58        
> >  -11.3%
> > numa04.sh      User:    36312.09    42553.24    39623.21     2247.96        
> >  0.246%
> > numa05.sh      Real:      393.98      493.48      436.61       35.59        
> >  0.677%
> > numa05.sh       Sys:      164.49      329.15      265.87       61.78        
> >  38.92%
> > numa05.sh      User:    33182.65    36654.53    35074.51     1187.71        
> >  3.368%
> > 
> > Ideally this change shouldn't have affected performance.
> 
> Ideally you go on here to explain why it does in fact do affect
> performance.. :-)

I know it looks bad, but I have been unable to figure out why this patch
affects performance. I repeated the experiment multiple times to recheck
if it was not a one off problem. While there is a variance in different
runs, we do see a change in numbers before and after this patch atleast
on my machine.

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