Re: [patch] compress the stack layout of do_page_fault(), x86

[Chris Wedgwood]

On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 04:41:16PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:

> this patch pushes the creation of a rare signal frame (SIGBUS or
> SIGSEGV) into a separate function, thus saving stackspace in the
> main do_page_fault() stackframe. The effect is 132 bytes less of
> stack used by the typical do_page_fault() invocation - resulting in
> a denser cache-layout.

does the benefit actually show up anywhere?
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