Re: [Lse-tech] Re: efficient copy_to_user and copy_from_user routines in Linux Kernel

From: Dave Jones (davej@suse.de)
Date: Tue Jun 25 2002 - 14:11:27 EST

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On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 01:58:01PM -0500, Niels Christiansen wrote:

> Maybe it is time to see if the compiler has improved enough to
> scrap the copy code in the kernel in favor of code as generated by the
> compiler.

This came up about a month ago. I'll repeat what I said then.
"I'll believe it when I see it".

Dave

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