Re: [PATCH] Generic dead function optimisation

Pavel Machek (pavel@suse.cz)
Wed, 19 Apr 2000 23:11:28 +0200


Hi!

> > This is a followup to an article about dead function optimisation, which I
> > posted a couple of weeks ago.
>
> x86/SMP: Patch applies cleanly against 2.2.14-pre9. vmlinux ends
> up with ~300 bytes less text, from one meg.

That is not too bad -- main advantage is that with this patch in we no
longer have to care about putting #ifdef CONFIG_FOO around functions
which are needed only sometimes.

Pavel

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