From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 15:11:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 15:11:27 -0400 Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193]:22276 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 15:11:26 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 21:11:27 +0200 From: Dave Jones To: Niels Christiansen Cc: Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel Mailing List , lse-tech@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Lse-tech] Re: efficient copy_to_user and copy_from_user routines in Linux Kernel Message-ID: <20020625211127.B15184@suse.de> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Niels Christiansen , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel Mailing List , lse-tech@lists.sourceforge.net References: <3D18A26A.73E6DD07@zip.com.au> <026f01c21c7a$3b3df820$fad88842@ribald.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <026f01c21c7a$3b3df820$fad88842@ribald.com>; from nc@ejna.ribald.com on Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 01:58:01PM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 01:58:01PM -0500, Niels Christiansen wrote: > Maybe it is time to see if the compiler has improved enough to > scrap the copy code in the kernel in favor of code as generated by the > compiler. This came up about a month ago. I'll repeat what I said then. "I'll believe it when I see it". Dave -- | Dave Jones. http://www.codemonkey.org.uk | SuSE Labs