Re: [PATCH v9 04/10] x86: refcount: prevent gcc distortions

[Nadav Amit]

at 2:31 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> * Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> Are you using defconfig or a reasonable distro-config for your tests?
>> 
>> I think it is best to take the kernel and run localyesconfig for testing.
> 
> Ok, agreed - and this makes the numbers you provided pretty representative.
> 
> Good - now that all of my concerns were addressed I'd like to merge the remaining 3 patches as 
> well - but they are conflicting with ongoing x86 work in tip:x86/core. The extable conflict is 
> trivial, the jump-label conflict a bit more involved.
> 
> Could you please pick up the updated changelogs below and resolve the conflicts against 
> tip:master or tip:x86/build and submit the remaining patches as well?

For the record, I summarized my analysis of the poor function inlining
decisions in Linux in the following blog-post:

https://nadav.amit.zone/blog/linux-inline

Regards,
Nadav