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Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy

From Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy
Date 2017-03-06 18:50 +0100
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On 06/03/17 12:28 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 03/05/17 23:01, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
>>
>> On 05/03/17 12:54 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>>> Logan, wanna give that a try, see if it takes care of your issue?
>>
>> Well honestly my issue was solved by fixing my kernel config. I have no
>> idea why I had optimize for size in there in the first place.
>>
> 
> Yes, to gcc "optimize for size" means exactly that... intended for cases
> where saving storage (e.g. ROM) or code download time is paramount.

I agree and understand, however placing a poorly performing _inline_
memcpy instead of a single call instruction to a performant memcopy
probably took more code space in the end. So like Linus, I just have to
scratch my head at the -Os optimization option.

Logan

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Question Regarding ERMS memcpy Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com> - 2017-03-04 22:20 +0100
  Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2017-03-04 23:50 +0100
    Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy hpa@zytor.com - 2017-03-05 01:00 +0100
      Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2017-03-05 01:20 +0100
        Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy hpa@zytor.com - 2017-03-05 01:30 +0100
          Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2017-03-05 01:40 +0100
            Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy hpa@zytor.com - 2017-03-05 02:00 +0100
              Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2017-03-05 11:00 +0100
                Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2017-03-05 12:20 +0100
                Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2017-03-05 14:10 +0100
                Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-03-05 20:30 +0100
                Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2017-03-05 21:20 +0100
                Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-03-05 21:20 +0100
                Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com> - 2017-03-06 08:10 +0100
                Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2017-03-06 08:40 +0100
                Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com> - 2017-03-06 18:50 +0100
                Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy hpa@zytor.com - 2017-03-06 20:10 +0100
                Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2017-03-06 14:40 +0100
                Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy hpa@zytor.com - 2017-03-06 14:50 +0100
                Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2017-03-06 15:10 +0100
            Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com> - 2017-03-05 06:00 +0100
              Re: Question Regarding ERMS memcpy Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2017-03-05 11:00 +0100

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