Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Dec 2000 01:09:35 +0100 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: [Patch] performance enhancement for simple_strtoul |
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Steve Grubb wrote: > It seems gcc creates much better code with the variables set to register > types.
Curious. GCC should be generating the same code regardless; ah well.
Is strtoul actually used in the kernel other than for the occasional (rare) write to /proc/sys and parsing boot options?
> But this is the kernel and there are people that would reject my patch > purely on the basis that it adds precious bytes to the kernel.
Perhaps I am mistaken but I'd expect it to be called what, ten times at boot time, and a couple of times when X loads the MTRRs?
Sounds like the neatest trick would be reducing bytes used here...
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