Re: [PATCH][next] mm/mincore: improve performance by adding an unlikely hint

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:16:20 +0000 "Colin King (gmail)" <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >> Improvement was from ~970 down to 963 ns, so small ~0.7% improvement.
> >>
> > 
> > It actually doesn't change the generated code:
> 
> I've compare the generated x86 object code using gcc 14.2.1 20240912 
> (Fedora 41) and 14.2.0 (Debian 14.2.0-17), 14.2.1 20250211 (Clear Linux) 
> and I get differences in the generated object code comparing old and 
> new, and the improvement on ClearLinux is more significant too because 
> it uses -O3. So I'm confident the change is generating improved object code.

I was using gcc-13.2.0.

Please resend, with a Matthew-friendly changelog?