Re: [PATCH] Change ZERO_SIZE_PTR to point at unmapped space

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Sat May 30 2009 - 22:02:51 EST

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On Sat, 30 May 2009, Larry H. wrote:
>
> Like I said in the reply to Peter, this is 3 extra bytes for amd64 with
> gcc 4.3.3. I can't be bothered to check other architectures at the
> moment.

.. and I can't be bothered with applying this. I'm just not convinced.

It's 3 extra bytes just for the constant. It's also another test, and
another branch.

Linus
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