Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Jun 2004 08:30:29 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: using gcc built-ins for bitops? |
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On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > It's actually fine; the architecture first needs to include this file and > there it can use the proper ifdefs; the functions themselves don't matter, > only when they can be used, and the arch still controls that.
And my argument is: what the hell does this _buy_ us, except for extra complexity, and even more code dependence on different versions of gcc.
I don't want the extra code-paths and magic #ifdef's unless there's a clear improvement somewhere. And quite frankly, I don't see that being the case for something like ffs.
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