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at 2:31 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:

>=20
> * Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com> wrote:
>=20
>>> Are you using defconfig or a reasonable distro-config for your tests?
>>=20
>> I think it is best to take the kernel and run localyesconfig for testing=
.
>=20
> Ok, agreed - and this makes the numbers you provided pretty representativ=
e.
>=20
> Good - now that all of my concerns were addressed I'd like to merge the r=
emaining 3 patches as=20
> well - but they are conflicting with ongoing x86 work in tip:x86/core. Th=
e extable conflict is=20
> trivial, the jump-label conflict a bit more involved.
>=20
> Could you please pick up the updated changelogs below and resolve the con=
flicts against=20
> tip:master or tip:x86/build and submit the remaining patches as well?

For the record, I summarized my analysis of the poor function inlining
decisions in Linux in the following blog-post:

https://nadav.amit.zone/blog/linux-inline

Regards,
Nadav