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SubjectRe: [RFC,v2] x86_64: save_args out of line
>>> Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@mailshack.com> 17.11.08 18:52 >>>
>The macro "interrupt" in entry_64.S generates a lot of code and it
>is used more and more often. This patch moves most of its contents
>into an external function. This saves anywhere between 500 and 2500
>bytes of text depending on the configuration.

Without numbers, I'd doubt that the code size reduction outweighs the
overhead of the extra call. Did you do any measurements?

>Dwarf2-annotations are most probably wrong or missing at all.

Indeed - do you have intentions to address this?

Jan



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