Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] kmem_cache: include allocators code directly into slab_common

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Tue Oct 30 2012 - 16:27:46 EST


On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 03:31:51PM +0000, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2012, JoonSoo Kim wrote:
>
> > 2012/10/25 Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > > 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?

In principle yes, but would still need a toolchain with LTO
support and a few changes.

-Andi

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