Re: A patch for linux 2.1.127

Jeffrey A Law (law@cygnus.com)
Mon, 09 Nov 1998 23:04:55 -0700


In message <Pine.LNX.3.95.981109132806.18784B-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>yo
u write:
>
>
> On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, David S. Miller wrote:
> >
> > I think I'd rather tell people "don't compile the kernel with -O6"
> > than turn off -finline-functions for -O6 by default on any machine.
>
> Umm, I thought egcs turned inlining on much more aggressively - somebody
> said it happens with the default kernel compile flags (-O2).
Who told you that? They were either clueless about gcc or were using a
hacked version of gcc.

> If it only happens for -O6, I certainly agree.

toplev.c::

if (optimize >= 3)
{
flag_inline_functions = 1;
}

jef

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