Re: bzImage ~ 900K with i386 test11-pre2

Andi Kleen
2000-11-11T18:30:38Z

On Sat, Nov 11, 2000 at 10:03:35AM -0800, Robert Lynch wrote:
> sys_nfsservctl 80 1060 980 +1225.0
> dump_extended_fpu 8 84 76 +950.00
> get_fpregs 36 372 336 +933.33
> schedule_tail 16 144 128 +800.00
> set_fpregs 36 272 236 +655.56
> tty_release 16 108 92 +575.00
> ext2_write_inode 20 108 88 +440.00
> ...
>
> I have surpressed my momentary urge to post the whole thing, so
> as not to arouse the legendary ire of this list. :)

Ordering by byte delta is more useful than by Change to get the real
pigs, because Change gives high values even for relatively small changes
(like 8 -> 84)

Also note that some of the output is bogus due to inaccurate nm output
(bloat-o-meter relies on nm)

-Andi