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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@cesarb.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rolandd@cisco.com,
	cesarb@cesarb.net, dwalker@fifo99.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] WARN_ONCE(): use bool for condition
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:59:47 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090929135947.7ccc3d8c.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1254075912-17557-1-git-send-email-cesarb@cesarb.net>

On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:25:12 -0300
Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@cesarb.net> wrote:

> Use the type bool for __ret_warn_once and __ret_warn_on, instead of int
> with a double negation. This matches the intent of the code better and
> should allow the compiler to generate better code, like in commit
> 70867453092297be9afb2249e712a1f960ec0a09. However, some versions of gcc
> seems to pessimize the code instead when the condition is not trivial.
> 
> Cc: Daniel Walker <dwalker@fifo99.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@cesarb.net>
> ---
>  arch/avr32/include/asm/bug.h    |    2 +-
>  arch/blackfin/include/asm/bug.h |    2 +-
>  arch/parisc/include/asm/bug.h   |    2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/bug.h  |    2 +-
>  arch/s390/include/asm/bug.h     |    2 +-
>  arch/sh/include/asm/bug.h       |    4 ++--
>  include/asm-generic/bug.h       |   12 ++++++------

There's a small reject in include/asm-generic/bug.h against current
mainline, easily fixed.

It would be nice if we had some accurate numbers on the kernel size
reductions from this, please.  I assume that the patch is still of
benefit in 2.6.32-rc1(2?), but it's always good to confirm.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-09-29 21:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-09-27 13:53 [PATCH] WARN_ONCE(): use bool for boolean flag Cesar Eduardo Barros
2009-09-27 14:03 ` Daniel Walker
2009-09-27 15:56   ` Cesar Eduardo Barros
2009-09-27 16:52     ` Daniel Walker
2009-09-27 17:24       ` Cesar Eduardo Barros
2009-09-27 17:32         ` Daniel Walker
2009-09-27 17:48           ` Cesar Eduardo Barros
2009-09-27 18:12             ` Cesar Eduardo Barros
2009-09-27 18:25               ` [PATCH] WARN_ONCE(): use bool for condition Cesar Eduardo Barros
2009-09-27 18:28                 ` Daniel Walker
2009-09-27 18:55                   ` Cesar Eduardo Barros
2009-09-27 19:03                     ` Daniel Walker
2009-09-29 20:59                 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2009-09-29 23:11                   ` Cesar Eduardo Barros
2009-09-29 23:12                     ` [PATCH] WARN_ONCE(): use bool for boolean flag Cesar Eduardo Barros
2009-09-30  0:17                       ` Andrew Morton
2009-09-30  0:37                         ` Cesar Eduardo Barros
2009-09-29 23:18                     ` [PATCH] WARN_ONCE(): use bool for condition Cesar Eduardo Barros

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