Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:27:50 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] kmem_cache: include allocators code directly into slab_common |
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On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 03:31:51PM +0000, Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Fri, 26 Oct 2012, JoonSoo Kim wrote: > > > 2012/10/25 Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>: > > > On Wed, 24 Oct 2012, Pekka Enberg wrote: > > > > > >> So I hate this patch with a passion. We don't have any fastpaths in > > >> mm/slab_common.c nor should we. Those should be allocator specific. > > > > > > I have similar thoughts on the issue. Lets keep the fast paths allocator > > > specific until we find a better way to handle this issue. > > > > Okay. I see. > > How about applying LTO not to the whole kernel code, but just to > > slab_common.o + sl[aou]b.o? > > I think that it may be possible, isn't it? > > Well.... Andi: Is that possible?
In principle yes, but would still need a toolchain with LTO support and a few changes.
-Andi
-- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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