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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/6] x86,64: Simplify save_regs()
On 07/06/2011 10:34 AM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> I really did not think about code duplication, considering
>> it's better to optimize the irq entry path.
>>
>> What do you guys think? We can still revert the whole patchset.
>
> FWIW I think it should be a macro, like it was in the original code.
>
> Optimizing entry*.S for code size doesn't make a lot of sense.
>

Code size, no.

*Path* size and cache/prefetch friendliness is another matter.
The subroutine is bad on that account, too, so yes, this really seems
like a losing proposition.

I'm not too fond of the gajillion obtuse macros we have, but subroutines
doesn't make it really any better.

-hpa


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