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gcc does generates stupid code sign extending data back and forth. Help by using "unsigned int". add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/3 up/down: 0/-61 (-61) function old new delta _parse_integer 128 123 -5 It _still_ does generate useless MOVSX but I don't know how to delete it: 0000000000000070 <_parse_integer>: ... a0: 89 c2 mov edx,eax a2: 83 e8 30 sub eax,0x30 a5: 83 f8 09 cmp eax,0x9 a8: 76 11 jbe bb <_parse_integer+0x4b> aa: 83 ca 20 or edx,0x20 ad: 0f be c2 ===> movsx eax,dl <=== useless b0: 8d 50 9f lea edx,[rax-0x61] b3: 83 fa 05 cmp edx,0x5 Patch also helps on embedded archs which generally only like "int". On arm "and 0xff" is generated which is waste because all values used in comparisons are positive. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170514194720.GB32563@avx2 Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.