Re: 2.5.8-dj1 : arch/i386/kernel/smpboot.c error

Martin J. Bligh (Martin.Bligh@us.ibm.com)
Wed, 17 Apr 2002 17:34:21 -0700


> Indeed. The optimization step that (presumably) removes the body
> of the if() must happen after the body has been fully evaluated.
> Makes sense, I guess, now that I think about it...

Personally, I think that's a really sick and twisted way for a compiler
to work ... what the hell is the point of compiling something you know
perfectly well you're going to dispose of 2 nanoseconds later?

M.

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