Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Linux-2.0.27 and 2.1.14 | Date | Wed, 4 Dec 1996 21:04:03 +0000 (GMT) |
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> now, getting rid of that 'access()' [which your patch introduces again] > was the main point in the new mkdep.c .. making it some 2 times faster > then the original one.
Then we need to optimise access(), or for that matter cache the mkdep access checks - we look up the same files all the time. Keep a fast hashed index. Ok - who's taking that project
> 'fix' the #include behaviour (or get back the old mkdep.c).
Fixing the includes isnt an option. Teaching mkdep about #ifdef is even less promising for speed.
Alan
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