From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Cc: linux-arch <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
x86@kernel.org, linux-mips@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Paul Burton <paul.burton@mips.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] compiler: allow all arches to enable CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 15:20:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190418132047.GA21430@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1553062828-27798-1-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
* Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:
> Commit 60a3cdd06394 ("x86: add optimized inlining") introduced
> CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING, but it has been available only for x86.
>
> The idea is obviously arch-agnostic although we need some code fixups.
> This commit moves the config entry from arch/x86/Kconfig.debug to
> lib/Kconfig.debug so that all architectures (except MIPS for now) can
> benefit from it.
>
> At this moment, I added "depends on !MIPS" because fixing 0day bot reports
> for MIPS was complex to me.
>
> I tested this patch on my arm/arm64 boards.
>
> This can make a huge difference in kernel image size especially when
> CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is enabled.
>
> For example, I got 3.5% smaller arm64 kernel image for v5.1-rc1.
>
> dec file
> 18983424 arch/arm64/boot/Image.before
> 18321920 arch/arm64/boot/Image.after
>
> This also slightly improves the "Kernel hacking" Kconfig menu.
> Commit e61aca5158a8 ("Merge branch 'kconfig-diet' from Dave Hansen')
> mentioned this config option would be a good fit in the "compiler option"
> menu. I did so.
No objections against moving it from x86 code to generic code.
Thanks,
Ingo
prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-04-18 13:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-20 6:20 [PATCH] compiler: allow all arches to enable CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING Masahiro Yamada
2019-03-20 6:40 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-03-20 9:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-03-20 10:18 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-03-20 13:04 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-03-25 6:04 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-03-20 9:41 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-03-20 13:34 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-03-23 8:26 ` LEROY Christophe
2019-03-25 6:44 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-03-26 6:02 ` Christophe Leroy
2019-04-23 3:26 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-03-25 6:10 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-03-25 6:12 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-03-25 7:32 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-03-25 7:54 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-03-25 10:25 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-03-25 10:27 ` Arnd Bergmann
2019-03-21 8:01 ` Heiko Carstens
2019-03-25 6:41 ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-03-23 8:37 ` LEROY Christophe
2019-04-18 13:20 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
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