From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ozlabs.org (ozlabs.org [103.22.144.67]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0A1C51A04D3 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 2015 17:47:11 +1000 (AEST) In-Reply-To: <1438916742-31924-1-git-send-email-mpe@ellerman.id.au> To: Michael Ellerman , From: Michael Ellerman Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, luto@kernel.org, Anton Blanchard Subject: Re: powerpc/vdso: Emit GNU & SysV hashes Message-Id: <20151002074710.5E434140B0E@ozlabs.org> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 17:47:10 +1000 (AEST) List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, 2015-07-08 at 03:05:42 UTC, Michael Ellerman wrote: > Andy Lutomirski says: > > Some dynamic loaders may be slightly faster if a GNU hash is > available. > > This is unlikely to have any measurable effect on the time it takes > to resolve vdso symbols (since there are so few of them). In some > contexts, it can be a win for a different reason: if every DSO has a > GNU hash section, then libc can avoid calculating SysV hashes at > all. Both musl and glibc appear to have this optimization. > > Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman Applied to powerpc next. https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/787b393c9f6300c343600d39 cheers