On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 10:45:32PM +0100, Hiten Pandya wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am submitting a patch which removes the register keyword from 
> sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c.  The reason I am doing this is very simple.
> 
> The 'register' keyword has no effect, as compilers do enough optimizations
> on their own.   Also, I have seen commits made before which do the same
> thing which I am doing now.  I have talked about this patch with jmallett,
> and various other developers.
> 
> This patch is located at: 
> http://storm.uk.FreeBSD.org/~hiten/diffs/vfs_syscalls.diff.1

  Looks good.

> The second issue, is what I am not very sure about, but I had a little
> discussion about this with rwatson.  The vfs_subr.c module contains
> a large #if 0'ed section, which basically contains some sysctls.  I
> think it has been forgotten for removal, so I am submitting a delta which
> can be used to remove that #if 0'ed section.
> 
> Note, I am not very sure about this, that is why I am posting this to
> -hackers.
> 
> The patch is located at: 
> http://storm.uk.FreeBSD.org/~hiten/diffs/vfs_subr.c.diff.1

  I don't think that removing the code is a problem.  The real person to
  ask would be dillon, since he was the one who placed the #if 0 around
  the block.

> Thanks.  If anyone finds them interesting, please commit them to the
> CVS repository.
> 
> P.S. Please do not hesitate to contact me for more information reg.
> these deltas.
> 
> -- 
> Hiten Pandya
> http://storm.uk.FreeBSD.org/~hiten
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