From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: scripts/bloat-o-meter: don't use readlines() readlines() conses whole list before doing anything which is slower for big object files. Use per line iterator. Speed up is ~2% on "allyesconfig" type of kernel. $ perf stat -r 16 taskset -c 15 ./scripts/bloat-o-meter ../vmlinux-000 ../obj/vmlinux >/dev/null ... Before: 7.247708646 seconds time elapsed ( +- 0.28% ) After: 7.091202853 seconds time elapsed ( +- 0.15% ) Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161119004143.GA1200@avx2 Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/bloat-o-meter | 23 ++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff -puN scripts/bloat-o-meter~scripts-bloat-o-meter-dont-use-readlines scripts/bloat-o-meter --- a/scripts/bloat-o-meter~scripts-bloat-o-meter-dont-use-readlines +++ a/scripts/bloat-o-meter @@ -18,17 +18,18 @@ if len(sys.argv) != 3: def getsizes(file): sym = {} - for l in os.popen("nm --size-sort " + file).readlines(): - size, type, name = l[:-1].split() - if type in "tTdDbBrR": - # strip generated symbols - if name.startswith("__mod_"): continue - if name.startswith("SyS_"): continue - if name.startswith("compat_SyS_"): continue - if name == "linux_banner": continue - # statics and some other optimizations adds random .NUMBER - name = re.sub(r'\.[0-9]+', '', name) - sym[name] = sym.get(name, 0) + int(size, 16) + with os.popen("nm --size-sort " + file) as f: + for line in f: + size, type, name = line.split() + if type in "tTdDbBrR": + # strip generated symbols + if name.startswith("__mod_"): continue + if name.startswith("SyS_"): continue + if name.startswith("compat_SyS_"): continue + if name == "linux_banner": continue + # statics and some other optimizations adds random .NUMBER + name = re.sub(r'\.[0-9]+', '', name) + sym[name] = sym.get(name, 0) + int(size, 16) return sym old = getsizes(sys.argv[1]) _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html