Re: [PATCH] pack-objects.h: remove outdated pahole results

[Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>]

On 6/28/2022 2:30 PM, Taylor Blau wrote:
> The size and padding of `struct object_entry` is an important factor in
> determining the memory usage of `pack-objects`. For this reason,
> 3b13a5f263 (pack-objects: reorder members to shrink struct object_entry,
> 2018-04-14) added a comment containing some information from pahole
> indicating the size and padding of that struct.
> 
> Unfortunately, this comment hasn't been updated since 9ac3f0e5b3
> (pack-objects: fix performance issues on packing large deltas,
> 2018-07-22), despite the size of this struct changing many times since
> that commit.
...
> For that reason, eliminate the confusion by removing the comment
> altogether.

> -
> -	/*
> -	 * pahole results on 64-bit linux (gcc and clang)
> -	 *
> -	 *   size: 80, bit_padding: 9 bits
> -	 *
> -	 * and on 32-bit (gcc)
> -	 *
> -	 *   size: 76, bit_padding: 9 bits
> -	 */
>  };

I will shed no tears over this being gone. Thanks!

-Stolee