Re: [PATCH 1/4] VM/RMAP: Add infrastructure for batching the rmap chain locking

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On Mon, 09 May 2011 15:23:03 -0700
Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > After fixing that and doing an allnoconfig x86_64 build, the patchset
> > takes rmap.o's .text from 6167 bytes to 6551.  This is likely to be a
> > regression for uniprocessor machines.  What can we do about this?
> >
> 
> Regression in what way?

It makes the code larger and probably slower, for no gain?

> I guess I can move some of the functions out of 
> line.

I don't know how much that will help.  Perhaps a wholesale refactoring
and making it all SMP-only will be justified.  

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