Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 09:30:08 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>, Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>,
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Subject: Re: [tip:x86/asm] x86: Pack function addresses tightly as well
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* Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:

> The median function size is around 1 cacheline (64-byte one), ~80% 
> fitting into two cachelines, with a big peak for very small 
> functions that make up something like 20% of all functions [...]

Correction:

   32% of kernel functions fit into a single cacheline,
   55% fit into two cachelines,
   70% into three cachelines,
   76% into four cachelines

so the tail is longer than my quick read of the graph suggested.

OTOH, probability of use is biased towards smaller functions: we tend 
to use smaller, facility functions more frequently.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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