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Denis Vlasenko wrote: > > On 18 March 2002 20:07, Russ Weight wrote: > > While systems with more than 32 processors are still > > out in the future, these interfaces provide a path for gradual > > code migration. One of the primary goals is to provide current > > functionality without affecting performance. > > Not so far in the future. "7.52 second kernel compile" thread is about > timing kernel compile on the 32 CPU SMP box. The x86 spinlock implementation underflows at 128 CPUs [1]. > I don't know whether BUG() in inlines makes them too big, It does, on all but very recent gcc's. Strings in inlines generally cause vast kernel bloatage. > but _for() _loops_ in inline functions definitely do that. > Here's one of the overgrown inlines: Sigh. There is far too much inlining in Linux. [1] Untested. - - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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