Re: [RFC][PATCH] Reduce number of pointer derefs in various files (kernel/exit.c used as example)

[Ingo Molnar]

* Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ohh, and before I forget, besides the fact that this should speed 
> things up a little bit it also has the added benefit of reducing the 
> size of the generated code. The original kernel/exit.o file was 19604 
> bytes in size, the patched one is 19508 bytes in size.

nice. Just to underline your point, on x86, with gcc 4.0.2, i'm getting 
this with your patch:

   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
  11077       0       0   11077    2b45 exit.o.orig
  10997       0       0   10997    2af5 exit.o

so 80 bytes shaved off. I think such patches also increase readability.

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>

	Ingo
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