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From: antirez <antirez@invece.org>
To: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
Cc: antirez@invece.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: * 4 converted to << 2 for networking code
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 18:03:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010110180322.T7498@prosa.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010110174859.R7498@prosa.it> <3A5C778C.CFB363F3@didntduck.org>
In-Reply-To: <3A5C778C.CFB363F3@didntduck.org>; from bgerst@didntduck.org on Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 09:54:04AM -0500

On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 09:54:04AM -0500, Brian Gerst wrote:
> This patch isn't really necessary, because GCC will automatically
> convert multiplications and divisions by powers of two to use shifts.

Sure, but since many << 2 already exists in the net kernel code
I feel it's better to use just a format, and it seems more appropriate
to write << 2, just to reflect what we want.
Also some piece of kernel code may be used with compilers that does not
optimize power of two.

antirez
(CC me)

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  reply	other threads:[~2001-01-10 15:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-01-10 16:48 * 4 converted to << 2 for networking code antirez
2001-01-10 14:38 ` David S. Miller
2001-01-10 14:54 ` Brian Gerst
2001-01-10 17:03   ` antirez [this message]
2001-01-10 15:11     ` Jakob Østergaard
2001-01-10 15:18       ` Mike Harrold
2001-01-10 15:31         ` Chris Jones
2001-01-10 16:23         ` Jamie Lokier
2001-01-10 16:26           ` Mike Harrold
2001-01-10 17:25       ` antirez
2001-01-10 16:25         ` Pauline Middelink
2001-01-11  0:29       ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-01-10 22:21 ` Matthias Andree

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