linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] A generic boolean

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Message-Id: <200607192359.10755.dtor@insightbb.com>
Date:	Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:59:10 -0400
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...ightbb.com>
To:	Shorty Porty <getshorty_@...mail.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ricknu-0@...dent.ltu.se
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] A generic boolean

On Wednesday 19 July 2006 23:53, Shorty Porty wrote:
> > > If this is the case, then wouldn't "long" be preferable to "int"?
> 
> Meh, it's all the same. I don't think 3 wasted CPU cycles is going to worry
> anyone too much. Hell, sometimes int IS long, though I might be wrong there.
> 

It is the _kernel_. In hot codepaths even 1 cycle matters.

-- 
Dmitry
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