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Subject: Re: Using %cr2 to reference "current"
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Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> > With the following options enabled we get:
> > -freg-struct-return -mrtd -mregparm=3
> >
> >    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
> > 1302372  260804  288080 1851256  1c3f78 vmlinux
> >
> > Quite significant difference if you ask me!!!
> 
> 30K is nice have but still a scratch on the surface compared with 500K 8)
> 

It's a lot of L1 though.

If this sort of change breaks the ability to build with
conventional argument passing and no-omit-frame-pointer then
the happy kgdb users of this world will be most aggrieved.

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