Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750723AbWABNm2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jan 2006 08:42:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750726AbWABNm2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jan 2006 08:42:28 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:20230 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750723AbWABNm1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jan 2006 08:42:27 -0500 Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 14:42:28 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Tim Schmielau , Arjan van de Ven , Linus Torvalds , Dave Jones , Andrew Morton , lkml , mpm@selenic.com Subject: Re: [patch 00/2] improve .text size on gcc 4.0 and newer compilers Message-ID: <20060102134228.GC17398@stusta.de> References: <20051229224839.GA12247@elte.hu> <1135897092.2935.81.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20051230074916.GC25637@elte.hu> <20051231143800.GJ3811@stusta.de> <20051231144534.GA5826@elte.hu> <20051231150831.GL3811@stusta.de> <20060102103721.GA8701@elte.hu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060102103721.GA8701@elte.hu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1247 Lines: 33 On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 11:37:21AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: >... > to say it loud and clear again: our current way of handling inlines is > _FUNDAMENTALLY BROKEN_. To me this means that fundamental changes are > needed for the _mechanics_ and meaning of inlines. We default to 'always > inline' which has a current information to noise ratio of 1:10 perhaps. > My patch changes the mechanics and meaning of inlines, and pretty much > anything else but a change to the meaning of inlines will still result > in the same scenario occuring over and over again. Let's emphasize what we both agree on: It is _FUNDAMENTALLY BROKEN_ that too much code is marked as 'always inline'. We only disagree on how to achieve an improvement. > Ingo cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/