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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] efi: take size of partition entry from GPT header
> > Please rearrange this like:
> >
> > for (i = 0; i < le32_to_cpu(gpt->num_partition_entries) &&
> > i < state->limit-1; i++)
>
> Better still cache le32_to_cpu(gpt->num_partition_entries) to a local
> so that it only has to be calculated once (even if it gets spilled
> to the stack).
> It can be bounded by state->limit-1 at the same time.

This is block I/O, slow path. No need for such micro optimizations here.
GCC is capable to do such optimizations automatically, and it does as
I can see from disassembly.
Anyway this would be a subject for another patch.

--
Eugene

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