Re: [PATCH] scsi: qla1280: Replace arithmetic addition by bitwise OR

[Bart Van Assche]

On 2/7/23 03:54, Deepak R Varma wrote:
> When adding two bit-field mask values, an OR operation offers higher
> performance over an arithmetic operation. So, convert such addition to
> an OR based expression.

Where is the evidence that supports this claim? On the following page I 
read that there is no performance difference when using a modern CPU: 
https://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/75811/why-is-addition-as-fast-as-bit-wise-operations-in-modern-processors

> Issue identified using orplus.cocci semantic patch script.

Where is that script located? Can it be deleted such that submission of 
patches similar to this patch stops?

Thanks,

Bart.