Re: [PATCH] Additional compiler optimization options

2012-12-05 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 03:00:12PM -0800, John wrote: > > This only makes sense if you can show a noticeable performance > > > improvement using one of the those -march options with at least one > > benchmark from those which we have now in the kernel. > > Thank you for the feedback, Boris.  Can y

Re: [PATCH] Additional compiler optimization options

2012-12-05 Thread John
> This only makes sense if you can show a noticeable performance > improvement using one of the those -march options with at least one > benchmark from those which we have now in the kernel. Thank you for the feedback, Boris.  Can you point me to the built in benchmarks to which you referred?  I

Re: [PATCH] Additional compiler optimization options

2012-12-05 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Wed, Dec 05, 2012 at 02:09:15PM -0800, John wrote: > Came across this and wanted to show it to others > more knowledgeable for feedback.  Is this value-added or not? >  Upstream URL is: https://gitorious.org/rummage/random_patches This only makes sense if you can show a noticeable performance i

[PATCH] Additional compiler optimization options

2012-12-05 Thread John
Came across this and wanted to show it to others more knowledgeable for feedback.  Is this value-added or not?  Upstream URL is: https://gitorious.org/rummage/random_patches Please cc me on replies as I am not a regular subscriber to lkml.  Thank you. --- linux-3.6/arch/x86/include/asm/module.h