| | Date | Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:55:13 -0800 | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 16/21] s390: Use generic posix_types.h |
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On 02/08/2012 01:04 AM, Martin Schwidefsky wrote: > On Tue, 7 Feb 2012 21:09:00 -0800 > "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> wrote: > >> From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> >> >> Change the s390 architecture to use <asm-generic/posix_types.h>. >> >> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> >> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> >> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> >> Cc: <linux390@de.ibm.com> >> --- >> arch/s390/include/asm/posix_types.h | 70 +++++------------------------------ >> 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-) > > I carefully checked the conversion and came to the conclusion that the new type > definitions are equivalent to the old ones. The code compiles fine with the > patches applied and the kernel boots. > What I don't like is the conversion of __FD_ZERO. The new definition creates > this code sequence: >
It shouldn't matter:
a. __FD_ZERO seems to actually be unused in the current kernel. b. The last patch in the series deletes the generic __FD_ZERO and replaces it with memset(). If there are any magic optimizations an architecture wants to do, they belong in memset().
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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