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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/6] x86,64: Simplify save_regs()
On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 11:20:49AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 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.

Fine, so I guess we can keep that macro conversion.


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