Thread (170 messages) 170 messages, 19 authors, 2012-09-16

[PATCH v2 20/31] arm64: User access library function

From: Russell King - ARM Linux <hidden>
Date: 2012-09-05 19:13:30
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On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 02:49:54PM +0000, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
It's fairly unusual to have out of line get_user/put_user functions.
What is the reason for this, other than copying from ARM?
Actually, we never used to out of line on ARM, and then I experimented,
and found there was a net benefit - not only in code size but also
there appeared to be a performance benefit by out of lining them.
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