* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/19/2015 02:04 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 07:54:22AM +1200, Linus Torvalds wrote: > >> Why? > >> > >> The 8- and 16- bit versions are the same as the 32-bit one. > >> This seems pointless. If you want something where the sign > >> is in bit 3, they all return the same value, just the return > >> type differs, but that's really a *caller* thing, no? > > > > Even for the 8bit ones? Since we have the *H and *L register > > we have more 8 bit regs than we have 16/32 bit regs and it > > might just be worth it. > > Fewer, actually. gcc doesn't really use the H registers much, Is that true for other compilers as well? > and instead considers 8-bit values to occupy the whole > register, but that means only four are available in 32-bit > mode. So where are we with this? Should I consider: 7e9358073d3f ("bitops: Add sign_extend8(), 16 and 64 functions") NAK-ed due to having marginal benefits, or due to having no benefits whatsoever? How about the two patch series from Martin Keppling - that does seem to be both beneficial and correct, agreed? Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html