[PATCH] Use long wherever possible in mpa.c

[Andreas Jaeger]

On 02/21/2013 10:40 AM, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 10:32:09AM +0100, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
>> On 02/21/2013 10:23 AM, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Here's another patch to sync up code between powrpc and generic mpa.c,
>>> this time the change being in the generic code.  Using long throughout
>>> like powerpc does is beneficial since it reduces the need to switch to
>>> 32-bit instructions.  It gives a very minor performance improvement
>>> (~0.4%).  OK to commit?
>>
>> Have you done any measurements on 32-bit architectures? What's the result?
>
> It has worked fine on powerpc32.  x86 does not use mpa, so there's no
> way to test on it.  I don't have access to any other 32-bit hardware,
> but this should not hurt anything that is ILP32 since long will be
> 32-bit anyway.

Ok, then go ahead,

Andreas
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