On 05/20/2010 07:04 AM, Aurelien Jarno wrote: >> Do you have tried to compare the generated code before and after your >> patch? I expect a few cases where your patch has some drawbacks, so I >> don't know if there is a net gain on the size of the translated code. >> > > I have done a quick test on /bin/ls. > | instr | size | > +--------+--------+ > before | 101305 | 344770 | > after | 101258 | 344829 | > > In short a small gain in the number of instructions, and a small loss in > the size of the translated code.
That was pretty much the test I would have done. So where are we? Is the patch acceptable as-is, or should I be re-writing it without the constraints change? r~