Re: [PATCH -tip] compiler_types.h: Optimize __unqual_scalar_typeof compilation time

[Sedat Dilek]

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 2:31 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 1:36 PM Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 1:27 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 12:33 PM Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > This gives us back 80% of the performance drop on clang, and 50%
> > > of the drop I saw with gcc, compared to current mainline.
> > >
> > > Tested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> > >
> >
> > Hi Arnd,
> >
> > with "mainline" you mean Linux-next aka Linux v5.8 - not v5.7?
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> I meant v5.7.
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> > I have not seen __unqual_scalar_typeof(x) in compiler_types.h in Linux v5.7.
> >
> > Is there a speedup benefit also for Linux v5.7?
> > Which patches do I need?
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> v5.7-rc is the baseline and is the fastest I currently see. On certain files,
> I saw an intermittent 10x slowdown that was already fixed earlier, now
> linux-next
> is more like 2x slowdown for me and 1.2x with this patch on top, so we're
> almost back to the speed of linux-5.7.
>

Which clang version did you use - and have you set KCSAN kconfigs -
AFAICS this needs clang-11?

- Sedat -