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SubjectRe: [RHEL5 PATCH 1/4] Provide fallback full 64-bit divide/modulus ops for gcc
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David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> writes:

> Provide simple, reasonably quick full 64-bit divide and modulus ops for gcc to
> call behind the scenes as:
>
> __udivmoddi4
> __udivdi3
> __umoddi3

At least Linus' traditional argument against this is that it's better
to open code these (do_div) so that it's clear to the coder that they
are really costly.

-Andi
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