linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SuperH floppy: kill 'register' keyword from floppy.h header

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Message-ID: <20080326092227.GB7867@linux-sh.org>
Date:	Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:22:27 +0900
From:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
	Ian Molton <spyro@....com>, Alain L Knaff <Alain.Knaff@....lu>,
	David C Niemi <niemi@....org>,
	Trivial Patch Monkey <trivial@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SuperH floppy: kill 'register' keyword from floppy.h header

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 02:16:32AM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> 
> When compilers became generally better at optimizing code than humans, the
> register keyword became mostly useless. For the floppy driver it certainly
> is since it's so slow compared to the rest of the system that optimizing
> access to a single variable or two isn't going to make any real
> difference
> So let's just leave it to the compiler - it'll do a better job anyway.
> 
> This patch does away with a few register keywords in the SuperH floppy
> driver.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>

applied, thanks.
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