linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/39] don't save ebx in putuser

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Message-ID: <87ej6hpxoe.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:10:41 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Glauber Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu,
	x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/39] don't save ebx in putuser_32.S

Glauber Costa <gcosta@...hat.com> writes:

> clobber it in the inline asm macros, and let the compiler do this for us.

I would expect that definitely will cause code size regressions ...

-Andi
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