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From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: "ajd@linux.ibm.com" <ajd@linux.ibm.com>,
	"peterz@infradead.org" <peterz@infradead.org>,
	"npiggin@gmail.com" <npiggin@gmail.com>,
	"rostedt@goodmis.org" <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	"ardb@kernel.org" <ardb@kernel.org>,
	"jbaron@akamai.com" <jbaron@akamai.com>,
	Benjamin Gray <bgray@linux.ibm.com>,
	"linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>,
	"jpoimboe@kernel.org" <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] powerpc/64: Add support for out-of-line static calls
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2022 13:22:54 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221006182254.GR25951@gate.crashing.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878rltpyy1.fsf@mpe.ellerman.id.au>

On Thu, Oct 06, 2022 at 11:39:50AM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu> writes:
> > However, thinking out loudly, I'm wondering, could we make things any 
> > simpler when CONFIG_MODULES is not selected, or is that a too much 
> > corner case on PPC64 ?
> 
> I'd say it's mostly a corner case.
> 
> Obviously no distros ship with modules disabled. 
> 
> AFAIK even the stripped down kernels we use in CPU bringup have modules
> enabled.
> 
> So I think it's probably not worth worrying about, unless there's an
> obvious and fairly simple optimisation.

Long ago I built kernels that fit together with the boot firmware and a
root fs (busybox+dropbear essentially) in 4MB, but I doubt we can get
close to that at all these days :-)

What is the overhead if you enable modules but do not use them, these
days?


Segher

  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-10-06 18:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-10-05  5:32 [PATCH v3 0/6] Out-of-line static calls for powerpc64 ELF V2 Benjamin Gray
2022-10-05  5:32 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] powerpc/code-patching: Implement generic text patching function Benjamin Gray
2022-10-05 17:55   ` Christophe Leroy
2022-10-06  3:36     ` Benjamin Gray
2022-10-06  9:19       ` Christophe Leroy
2022-10-06 21:53         ` Benjamin Gray
2022-10-05  5:32 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] powerpc/module: Handle caller-saved TOC in module linker Benjamin Gray
2022-10-05 19:18   ` Christophe Leroy
2022-10-06  3:51     ` Andrew Donnellan
2022-10-06  4:39     ` Benjamin Gray
2022-10-05  5:32 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] powerpc/module: Optimise nearby branches in ELF V2 ABI stub Benjamin Gray
2022-10-05 19:21   ` Christophe Leroy
2022-10-06  8:24   ` Andrew Donnellan
2022-10-05  5:32 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] static_call: Move static call selftest to static_call_selftest.c Benjamin Gray
2022-10-05 19:22   ` Christophe Leroy
2022-10-05  5:32 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] powerpc/64: Add support for out-of-line static calls Benjamin Gray
2022-10-05 19:38   ` Christophe Leroy
2022-10-06  0:39     ` Michael Ellerman
2022-10-06  5:01       ` Benjamin Gray
2022-10-06 18:22       ` Segher Boessenkool [this message]
2022-10-06 18:38         ` Christophe Leroy
2022-10-06 20:45           ` Segher Boessenkool
2022-10-06 20:50             ` Christophe Leroy
2022-10-06 21:04               ` Segher Boessenkool
2022-10-05  5:32 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] powerpc: Add tests " Benjamin Gray

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