From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] add a config option for -Os compilation
Date: 18 Oct 2003 21:19:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <p731xtapd4r.fsf@oldwotan.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031018105733.380ea8d2.akpm@osdl.org.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> writes:
> And bear in mind that you can see significant changes in benchmark results
> between equivalent kernels even when the optimisation level is kept the
> same, due to aliasing and alignment luck.
It also depends on a lot on the compiler version. On 2.95
it was common wisdom that -Os is often fastest, but that changed
in later versions.
Best would be actually a mix of both - setting it case by case.
That's already done in specific cases, e.g. ACPI is always compiled
with -Os. This could be done for other files which are clearly
slow path too.
Profile feedback is unfortunately not an option because it is too
unpredictable and causes maintenance problems.
-Andi
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