Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: More on bigger kdev_t | Date | Sat, 9 Oct 1999 22:32:14 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> If kdev_t is a 4 byte long structure, (i.e., using a 16/16 major/minor > split), the compiler should be able to do a relatively good job of > optimizing accesses to it. If not, that's a compiler bug that we should > report, and ask the gcc/egcs folks to fix.
On many platforms
struct { u16 a; u16 b; };
is an 8 byte object.
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