On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Andi Kleen <a...@firstfloor.org> wrote: > Dehao Chen <de...@google.com> writes: > >> Hi, >> >> This patch adds 4 flags to enable user to type in a list of name >> patterns. Compiler will match the function name with the given >> patterns, and add "hot", "cold", "likely_hot", "likely_cold" >> attributes to function declaration. The static branch prediction >> checks if a basic block contains call to a annotated function, and set >> the branch probability accordingly. > > I like the idea (and would have some uses for it), but I don't like the > command line options. That will lead to longer and longer command > lines. Could this be made a pragma instead? > > You could still specify it from the Makefile by using -include
Thanks for the suggestions. How about we add an option (-ffunction-attribute-list=), and we can also specify this option using "#pragma GCC optimize" in a separate -include file? Thanks, Dehao > > -Andi > > -- > a...@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only
