From: Eric Dumazet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:28:35 +0100
> One problem with your patch is that all read_always() of pointers are going > to > use 3 bytes more of code, thus raising icache pressure. > > 48 b8 c3 08 e8 8c af mov $0x71af8ce808c3,%rax > 71 00 00 > > instead of %rip relative addressing > > 48 8b 05 99 f3 09 00 mov 652185(%rip),%rax Could we obtain %rip relative addressing with the ELF relocation approach I mentioned? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html