On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 1:45 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'd have to try, but I think you are right. It was probably an > overoptimization back in 1997 when the code got added to > linux-2.1.68pre1, and compilers have become smarter in the > meantime ;-) How do you track history pre-git (2.6.XX)? -- Thanks, ~Nick Desaulniers