Re: [PATCH] Make shr to divide by power of 2

[Andi Kleen]

Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> Of course, compiler supposed to do something like
> 	add    $0x7,%eax
> 	shr    $0x3,%eax
> instead of div. Should we rely on this?

Yes. We should rely on this. 

-Andi

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