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Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:07:43 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de> To: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de> cc: Daniel Marjamäki <daniel.marjamaki@...il.com>, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Want comments regarding patch On Dec 30 2006 01:00, Bodo Eggert wrote: >Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de> wrote: >> On Dec 29 2006 07:57, Daniel Marjamäki wrote: > >>> It was my goal to improve the readability. I failed. >>> >>> I personally prefer to use standard functions instead of writing code. >>> In my opinion using standard functions means less code that is easier to >>> read. >> >> Hm in that case, what about having something like >> >> void *memset_int(void *a, int x, int n) { >> asm("mov %0, %%esi; >> mov %1, %%eax; >> mov %2, %%ecx; >> repz movsd;", >> a,x,n); >> } > >This would copy the to-be-initialized buffer somewhere, if it compiles. Yeah I don't do assembler soo often that I would know everything from heart. All your comments are valid of course. I just wanted to point out the idea. (However, if it's not repz, then it's repnz! :-) -`J' --
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