Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 21 Dec 2000 21:06:37 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [Patch] performance enhancement for simple_strtoul |
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Hi!
> > 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?
On second thought, ps -auxl maybe stresses simple_strtoul a little bit. Not sure.
> Sounds like the neatest trick would be reducing bytes used here...
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