On 06/11/2018 15:53, Bart Van Assche wrote: > How about changing that expression into the following to make it easier > for the compiler to optimize this code? > > (offset | (bprv->bv_offset + bprv->bv_len)) & queue_virt_boundary(q) Uhm I have to admit I'm not really able to parse the above expression. Sure GCC will do it but I think it's less readable (at least for me). Let's see what other's think. Thanks, Johannes -- Johannes Thumshirn SUSE Labs jthumshirn@xxxxxxx +49 911 74053 689 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) Key fingerprint = EC38 9CAB C2C4 F25D 8600 D0D0 0393 969D 2D76 0850