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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	x86@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] X86-32: Let gcc decide whether to inline memcpy was Re: New x86 warning
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:04:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090422220428.GE13896@one.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0904221417110.3101@localhost.localdomain>

> > Quick test here:
> 
> How about you just compile the kernel with gcc-3.2 and compare the number 
> of calls to memcpy before-and-after instead? That's the real test.

I waited over 10 minutes for the full vmlinux objdumps to finish. sorry lost
patience. If someone has a fast disassembler we can try it. I'll leave
them running over night, maybe there are exact numbers tomorrow.

But from a quick check (find -name '*.o' | xargs nm | grep memcpy) there are
very little files which call it with the patch, so there's some
evidence that there isn't a dramatic increase.

-Andi


-- 
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.

  reply	other threads:[~2009-04-22 22:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-04-22  6:46 New x86 warning Jeff Garzik
2009-04-22  7:01 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-22  8:45   ` [PATCH] X86-32: Let gcc decide whether to inline memcpy was " Andi Kleen
2009-04-22 18:00     ` [tip:x86/asm] x86: use __builtin_memcpy() on 32 bits tip-bot for Andi Kleen
2009-04-22 20:56     ` [PATCH] X86-32: Let gcc decide whether to inline memcpy was Re: New x86 warning Linus Torvalds
2009-04-22 21:15       ` Andi Kleen
2009-04-22 21:19         ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-22 22:04           ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2009-04-23  6:08             ` fresh data was " Andi Kleen
2009-04-23  6:36               ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-23  7:37                 ` Andi Kleen
2009-04-23  6:30             ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-23  7:43               ` Andi Kleen
2009-04-22 23:49     ` Joe Damato
2009-04-23  1:48       ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-04-23 21:22         ` Joe Damato
2009-04-23 22:09           ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-04-24  8:44           ` Andi Kleen
2009-04-23  6:09       ` Andi Kleen

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