Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [tip:x86/asm] x86/defconfig: Turn on CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE= y in the 64-bit defconfig | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Date | Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:02:47 -0500 |
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On Sat, 2013-01-26 at 11:43 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> The problem, of course, is that most -O2 code generation is done > assuming hot loops that don't show much if any I$ issues. And the -Os > thing is done *purely* for size, not taking any performance into > account at all. There's no balanced middle ground, which is what _we_ > would want.
Gcc needs to implement a -Olinus
;-)
-- Steve
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