On 10/30/2012 07:31 PM, Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Fri, 26 Oct 2012, JoonSoo Kim wrote: > >> 2012/10/25 Christoph Lameter <c...@linux.com>: >>> On Wed, 24 Oct 2012, Pekka Enberg wrote: >>> >>>> So I hate this patch with a passion. We don't have any fastpaths in >>>> mm/slab_common.c nor should we. Those should be allocator specific. >>> >>> I have similar thoughts on the issue. Lets keep the fast paths allocator >>> specific until we find a better way to handle this issue. >> >> Okay. I see. >> How about applying LTO not to the whole kernel code, but just to >> slab_common.o + sl[aou]b.o? >> I think that it may be possible, isn't it? > > Well.... Andi: Is that possible? >
FYI: In the next version of my series, there is a patch that puts the common code in an inline function in mm/slab.h. Then the allocators just call that function. I think it is the best we can do for now, given all the constraints. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
