linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] kernel: Move arches to use common unaligned access

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Message-ID: <20196.1207909675@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:27:55 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, harvey.harrison@...il.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] kernel: Move arches to use common unaligned access

David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> No, I think it has something to do with what cases GCC is allowed to
> optimize the call inline and what cases it cannot wrt.  alignment of
> datums.

As he says in his comment, in fact.

David
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