* Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I should also mention that my proposed ia32_ptregs_common patch, which > duplicated the needed code, was more optimized for performance than code size. > > But if you're more worried about code size, we could turn ia32_ptregs_common > into a proper callable function, and then replace > > jmp ia32_ptregs_common > > with: > > call ia32_ptregs_common > ret > > So it becomes a regular call instead of a tail call. It only adds a few > instructions and the function is self-contained. Would that be good enough? No, debug info should not slow down the kernel, especially not code we write in assembly partly for performance. Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe live-patching" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
