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Re: [PATCH] pagecopy.h removal

From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
To: thomas at codesourcery dot com, Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:59:32 +0100
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pagecopy.h removal
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References: <52D553EC dot 7090106 at redhat dot com> <52F8E2DE dot 7010603 at redhat dot com> <20140210163306 dot GA27025 at domone>

On 02/10/2014 05:33 PM, OndÅej BÃlka wrote:

On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 03:31:58PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:

On 01/14/2014 04:12 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:

I found this cleanup opportunity.  This was only used for real on "mach"


"for real" == matching #defines were present, I think the code was
not actually used at all.

(GNU Hurd, I presume), and the error checking there doesn't look
particularly reliable to me.


It's also of questionable value from a performance perspective.

Ping?

<https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-01/msg00274.html>

OK modulo hurd changes that I cannot judge.


Thomas, Roland, could you comment on this?

--
Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security Team

References:
- Re: [PATCH] pagecopy.h removal
  - From: Florian Weimer
- Re: [PATCH] pagecopy.h removal
  - From: OndÅej BÃlka

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