On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Matthew Wilcox wrote: >> >> That seems like valuable feedback to give to the GCC developers. > > Well, one thing we should remember is that the kernel really _is_ special. (sorry for not threading properly here) Linus writes: "Thirdly, you're just replacing _one_ random gcc choice with _another_ random one. What happens when you say -fno-inline-functions-called-once? Does it disable inlining for those functions IN GENERAL, or just for the LARGE ones? See?" -fno-inline-functions-called-once disables the heuristic that always inlines (static!) functions that are called once. Other heuristics still apply, like inlining the static function if it is small. Everything else would be totally stupid - which seems to be the "default mode" you think GCC developers are in. Richard. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
