From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: Keith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>
Cc: Christian Hildner <christian.hildner@hob.de>,
"Chen, Kenneth W" <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com>,
linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: optimize __gp location
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:29:18 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050124132918.GH31455@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9120.1106572936@ocs3.ocs.com.au>
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 12:22:16AM +1100, Keith Owens wrote:
> Unfortunately marking jiffies and similar small but high usage
> variables as section .sbss or .sdata requires changes to common code.
> It might be worth doing, but the change would have to be structured so
> it worked on all architectures.
I think there are other architectures which would prefer
small-and-frequently-used global variables to be placed somewhere special,
so there may well be wide-spread enthusiasm for such an annotation.
CC'ing linux-kernel to see if anyone bites.
--
"Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon
the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those
conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse
to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince
himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep
he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-24 13:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-01-21 23:22 optimize __gp location Chen, Kenneth W
2005-01-22 1:02 ` Keith Owens
2005-01-22 1:02 ` Luck, Tony
2005-01-22 2:20 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2005-01-22 3:09 ` Keith Owens
2005-01-24 7:51 ` Christian Hildner
2005-01-24 13:22 ` Keith Owens
2005-01-24 13:29 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2005-01-24 13:44 ` Christian Hildner
2005-01-24 15:32 ` Keith Owens
2005-01-24 17:51 ` David Mosberger
2005-01-24 17:53 ` David Mosberger
2005-01-25 7:30 ` Christian Hildner
2005-01-25 19:44 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2005-01-25 19:51 ` David Mosberger
2005-01-25 19:57 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2005-01-25 20:01 ` David Mosberger
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