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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BK+PATCH] remove __constant_memcpy
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 21:04:40 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3E9DFDA8.1000102@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3E9DFC11.50800@pobox.com>

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Linus,
> 
> Please review the patch below, then do a
> 
>     bk pull http://gkernel.bkbits.net/misc-2.5
> 
> Summary:
> 
> gcc's __builtin_memcpy performs the same function (and more) as the 
> kernel's __constant_memcpy.  So, let's remove __constant_memcpy, and let 
> the compiler do it.


Oh, and __builtin_memcpy exists on gcc 2.95.x, which is the current 2.5 
minimum.

	Jeff




  reply	other threads:[~2003-04-17  0:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-04-17  0:57 [BK+PATCH] remove __constant_memcpy Jeff Garzik
2003-04-17  1:04 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2003-04-17  2:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-04-17  8:46   ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-04-17  9:02     ` Roman Zippel
2003-04-17  9:04       ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-04-17  9:11         ` Jakub Jelinek
2003-04-17 16:07     ` Linus Torvalds
2003-04-17 19:07       ` Jeff Garzik
2003-04-17 19:19       ` Jeff Garzik
2003-04-17 19:54         ` Linus Torvalds
2003-04-17 23:49           ` Jeff Garzik
2003-04-17 23:52             ` Jeff Garzik
2003-04-17 23:59             ` Linus Torvalds
2003-04-18  0:29               ` H. Peter Anvin
2003-04-18  9:06             ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-04-18 14:31             ` Timothy Miller
2003-04-18 15:07               ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-04-17 22:58         ` J.A. Magallon
2003-04-17 23:10           ` Jeff Garzik
2003-04-17 13:17 ` Alan Cox
2003-04-17 13:17 ` Alan Cox
2003-04-17 14:32   ` Jeff Garzik
2003-04-17 14:40     ` Jeff Garzik
2003-04-17 20:01   ` H. Peter Anvin
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-04-17  2:22 Nakajima, Jun
2003-04-17 23:50 Chuck Ebbert

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