From: Christophe Leroy > Sent: 07 September 2020 05:44 ... > If you are talking about the tests around the set_fs series from > Christoph, I identified that the degradation was linked to > CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG being selected by default, which provides > unreliable results from one patch to another, GCC doing some strange > things linked to unrelated changes. > > With CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR set to N, I get stable performance and no > degradation with any of the patches of the set_fs series.
Ah I didn't spot that response going through. Sounds like that option should be disabled if it causes that much of a performance drop. David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)