Re: [PATCH] 32-bit UID support for 2.3.30pre6 (important update)

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 5 Dec 1999 21:18:03 +0000 (GMT)

> I just increased everything to machine word size with the thinking that
> that would be optimal for integer math. (is it more efficient to avoid
> shorts on risc architectures?)

Yes.

> I'll take a closer look at this. In the mean time, it shouldn't break
> anything by switching to longs, even if values > INT_MAX can't be set,
> right?

Right. Saving 2 bytes is a bit pointless. Anyone remember that Y2K problem
thing 8)

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