Messages in this thread | | | From | Bernd Eckenfels <> | Subject | Re: memset as memzero | Date | Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:25:04 +0200 |
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In article <20070922124659.741cca42@laptopd505.fenrus.org> you wrote: > it doesn't add value.... memset with a constant 0 is just as fast > (since the compiler knows it's 0) than any wrapper around it, and the > syntax around it is otherwise the same.
it would however allow easier changing if you need to add a page cleaning system (for example new architecture which has support for it). On the other hand, is memset used for anything else than zero filling or redzone "filling"?
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