Re: [PATCH 16/21] s390: Use generic posix_types.h

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Wed Feb 08 2012 - 11:55:33 EST


On 02/08/2012 01:04 AM, Martin Schwidefsky wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Feb 2012 21:09:00 -0800
> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Change the s390 architecture to use <asm-generic/posix_types.h>.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: <linux390@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> arch/s390/include/asm/posix_types.h | 70 +++++------------------------------
>> 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)
>
> I carefully checked the conversion and came to the conclusion that the new type
> definitions are equivalent to the old ones. The code compiles fine with the
> patches applied and the kernel boots.
> What I don't like is the conversion of __FD_ZERO. The new definition creates
> this code sequence:
>

It shouldn't matter:

a. __FD_ZERO seems to actually be unused in the current kernel.
b. The last patch in the series deletes the generic __FD_ZERO and
replaces it with memset(). If there are any magic optimizations an
architecture wants to do, they belong in memset().

-hpa

--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.

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