Re: [PATCH 02/22] Do not sanity check order in the fast path

Dave Hansen
2009-04-24T14:25:26Z

On Fri, 2009-04-24 at 10:21 +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> > dave@kernel:~/work/mhp-build$ ../linux-2.6.git/scripts/bloat-o-meter
> > i386-numaq-sparse.{1,2}/vmlinux
> > add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 9/16 up/down: 81/-99 (-18)
> > function old new delta
> > st_int_ioctl 2600 2624 +24
> > tcp_sendmsg 2153 2169 +16
> > diskstats_show 739 753 +14
> > iov_shorten 49 58 +9
> > unmap_vmas 1653 1661 +8
> > sg_build_indirect 449 455 +6
> > ahc_linux_biosparam 251 253 +2
> > nlmclnt_call 557 558 +1
> > do_mount 1533 1534 +1
>
> It doesn't make sense at all that text increased in size. Did you make clean
> between each .config change and patch application? Are you using distcc
> or anything else that might cause confusion? I found I had to eliminate
> distscc and clean after each patch application because sometimes
> net/ipv4/udp.c would sometimes generate different assembly when
> accessing struct zone. Not really sure what was going on there.

There's a ccache in there but no distcc.

I'll redo with clean builds.

-- Dave