Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 32-bit UID support for 2.3.30pre6 (important update) | Date | Sun, 5 Dec 1999 21:18:03 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> I just increased everything to machine word size with the thinking that > that would be optimal for integer math. (is it more efficient to avoid > shorts on risc architectures?)
Yes.
> I'll take a closer look at this. In the mean time, it shouldn't break > anything by switching to longs, even if values > INT_MAX can't be set, > right?
Right. Saving 2 bytes is a bit pointless. Anyone remember that Y2K problem thing 8)
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