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Date:	Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:00:49 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: uaccess: return value of __{get|put}_user() can
	be int


* Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com> wrote:

> From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>
> 
> Impact: cleanup
> 
> The type of return value of __{get|put}_user() can be int.
> There is no user to refer the return value of __{get|put}_user() as long.
> This reduces code size a bit on 64-bit.
> 
> $ size vmlinux.*
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
> 4509265	 479988	 673588	5662841	 566879	vmlinux.new
> 4511462	 479988	 673588	5665038	 56710e	vmlinux.old
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

applied to tip/x86/mm, thanks!

	Ingo
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