On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:57:00 -0700 Arjan van de Ven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 18:54 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:49:34 -0700 > > Arjan van de Ven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 16:50 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > > Tne network code does memset for 6 and 8 byte values, that can easily > > > > be optimized into simple assignments without string instructions. > > > > > > > > > so... question. > > > Why are we doing this by hand? Wouldn't gcc just generate this code in > > > the first place (when using __builtin_memset)? I very much suspect it > > > would (and if some version doesn't.... we really ought to get that > > > fixed) > > > > i386 and x86_64 are not using __builtin_memset, as least from the > > code that I see generated. > > .. maybe we should just fix it that way then? > There probably is history behind the decision, like gcc problems on some old compiler version. -- Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
