Re: [PATCH next v4 0/5] minmax: Relax type checks in min() and max().
From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Mon Jan 08 2024 - 16:11:40 EST
On Mon, 8 Jan 2024 at 12:04, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> So we *could* plan on that, remove the checks from min/max, and use
> something like the attached patch.
Whee.
On my machine, that patch makes an "allmodconfig" build go from
10:41 elapsed
to
8:46 elapsed
so that min/max type checking is almost 20% of the build time.
Yeah, I think we need to get rid of it.
Can somebody else confirm similar time differences? Or is it just me?
Linus