Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:37:10 -0500 (EST) | From | Zwane Mwaikambo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.5] speedup kallsyms_lookup |
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On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, William Lee Irwin III wrote:
> At some point in the past, I wrote: > >> So the end-result of the discussion is, "What should really happen here?" > >> and "What, if anything, do you want me to do?" > > On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 05:12:12PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > > IMHO best would be to get rid of /proc/*/wchan and keep the kallsyms > > lookup slow, simple and stupid. > > Slow, simple, and stupid == "wli, get the Hell out". I'm gone.
I don't really see a need for blazing fast lookup here, as long as it gets done within a reasonable timeframe for common cases. Unless of course your optimised version also saves space code wise.
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