On 05/06/2013 05:51 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote: > >> 4. Do some macro hacks so the bitops are dependent on the size of the >> argument. > > That sounds insane. Just *how* could the size of the argument even > matter? Seriously, there's no *difference* between a 32-bit or a > 64-bit index. The code is the same, there's no possible reason to make > it be different. > The only reason on x86 would be to avoid the REX prefix. Hardly worth it, though. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
