linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] vsprintf: optimize decimal conversion (again)

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Date:	Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:17:40 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Michal Nazarewicz <mpn@...gle.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Douglas W Jones <jones@...uiowa.edu>,
	Michal Nazarewicz <mnazarewicz@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] vsprintf: optimize decimal conversion (again)

On 03/27/2012 10:12 AM, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
> 
> Maybe a regular “if” instead of macro would suffice here?  Compiler should
> be smart enough to optimise out the dead path.
> 

Yes, a regular if would work, but it's also pointless.

	-hpa
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