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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/5] lib/list_sort: Simplify and remove MAX_LIST_LENGTH_BITS
Hi George,

On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 5:59 PM George Spelvin <lkml@sdf.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 at 13:57:05 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 11:23 AM George Spelvin <lkml@sdf.org> wrote:
> >> On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 at 09:20:58 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 5:33 AM George Spelvin <lkml@sdf.org> wrote:
> >>>> One question I should ask everyone: should "count" be 32 or 64 bits
> >>>> on 64-bit machines? That would let x86 save a few REX bytes. (815
> >>>> vs. 813 byte code, if anyone cares.)
> >>>>
> >>>> Allegedy ARM can save a few pJ by gating the high 32
> >>>> bits of the ALU.
> >>>>
> >>>> Most other 64-bit processors would prefer 64-bit operations as
> >>>> it saves masking operations.
> >
> > So just make it unsigned int, unconditionally.
>
> As I wrote originally (and quoted above), other 64-bit machines don't
> have 32-bit operations and prefer 64-bit operations because they don't
> require masking. x86 (for historical compatibiity) and ARM (for power
> saving) are the ones that come to mind.
>
> I'm trying to present the case to spur discussion, but it realy is
> a *question* I'm asking about whether to do that, not a suggestion
> phrased as a question.

If it's just x86_64, use size_t everywhere, and let them suffer, for not
being real 64-bit ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds

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