linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lib/string: Bring optimized memcmp from glibc

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Message-ID: <78aab96b-aa95-2f7b-89aa-f6f4b2071c69@suse.com>
Date:   Thu, 26 Aug 2021 12:03:23 +0300
From:   Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@...e.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Nikolay Borisov <n.borisov.lkml@...il.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/string: Bring optimized memcmp from glibc



On 22.07.21 г. 19:40, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> So would you mind reminding me about this patch the next merge window?
> Unless there was some big extrernal reason why the performance of
> memcmp() mattered to you so much (ie some user that actually noticed
> and complained) and we really want to prioritize this..


I'm reminding you of spinning this patch up for 5.15 :)