Re: [RFC][PATCH] Faster generic_fls

From: Chuck Ebbert (76306.1226@compuserve.com)
Date: Fri May 02 2003 - 03:50:45 EST


David S. Miller wrote:

> I know you think GCC is a pile of dogshit, in many ways I do too, but I
> think it's just as important to point out the good parts where they
> exist.

  GCC is the strangest combination of utterly brilliant and brain-dead
stupid that I've ever seen... I've seen it do tail merges that took
my breath away, followed by this:

  mov <mem1>,eax
  mov eax,<mem2>
  mov <mem1>,eax ; eax already contains mem1 you stupid compiler
  ret

------
 Chuck
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