linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] kernel: add common infrastructure for unaligned access

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Date:	Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:22:38 +0400
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] kernel: add common infrastructure for unaligned
	access

[Harvey Harrison - Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 08:38:57PM -0700]
[...]
| +
| +static inline void __put_unaligned_be16(u16 val, u8 *p)
| +{
| +	*p++ = val >> 8;
| +	*p++ = val;
| +}
| +
[...]
| +static inline void __put_unaligned_le16(u16 val, u8 *p)
| +{
| +	*p++ = val;
| +	*p++ = val >> 8;
| +}
[...]

Hi Harvey, do we really need second increments? I mean, wouldn't
be better to use *p = val >> 8 and *p << 8?

		- Cyrill -
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