From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754202AbZEaCCs (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 May 2009 22:02:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752508AbZEaCCl (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 May 2009 22:02:41 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:39195 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751752AbZEaCCk (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 May 2009 22:02:40 -0400 Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 19:02:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds X-X-Sender: torvalds@localhost.localdomain To: "Larry H." cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, Alan Cox , Rik van Riel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Change ZERO_SIZE_PTR to point at unmapped space In-Reply-To: <20090530230022.GO6535@oblivion.subreption.com> Message-ID: References: <20090530192829.GK6535@oblivion.subreption.com> <20090530230022.GO6535@oblivion.subreption.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.01 (LFD 1184 2008-12-16) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 30 May 2009, Larry H. wrote: > > Like I said in the reply to Peter, this is 3 extra bytes for amd64 with > gcc 4.3.3. I can't be bothered to check other architectures at the > moment. .. and I can't be bothered with applying this. I'm just not convinced. It's 3 extra bytes just for the constant. It's also another test, and another branch. Linus