Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750985AbVLOWzZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Dec 2005 17:55:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751186AbVLOWzZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Dec 2005 17:55:25 -0500 Received: from linux01.gwdg.de ([134.76.13.21]:38623 "EHLO linux01.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750985AbVLOWzY (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Dec 2005 17:55:24 -0500 Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:55:05 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Jesper Juhl cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , David Woodhouse , jffs-dev@axis.com, Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH] Reduce nr of ptr derefs in fs/jffs2/summary.c In-Reply-To: <200512110640.48356.jesper.juhl@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <200512110640.48356.jesper.juhl@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 429 Lines: 16 >Benefits: > - micro speed optimization due to fewer pointer derefs > - generated code is slightly smaller Should not these two at best be done by the compiler? Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/