linux-kernel - Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.21

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Date:	09 Feb 2007 14:04:02 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Frederik Deweerdt <deweerdt@...e.fr>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.21

Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> writes:
> 
> As long as nobody takes the address of them (which wouldn't compile today
> anyway) then the compiler should be able to not allocate store for these. 

This would only work for unit-at-a-time compilers (if it works at all,
i'm not sure), but not older 3.x compilers

> That they're const might help too.

Don't think it does.

-Andi
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