Re: [PATCH] Expand CPU compiler options

2012-12-09 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 04:59:41AM -0800, John wrote: > My only confusion is why some of these are already included in the > linux kernel source today, for example CORE2.  As I stated in my > previous email, the two 'new' ones I tested preform as-good-as or > better-than the CORE2 which is already

Re: [PATCH] Expand CPU compiler options

2012-12-09 Thread John
> Oh, maybe I wasn't clear - I wasn't talking about statistical > significance but rather about practical significance. OK.  I will not argue with that :) > A minuscule speedup (a lot less than 1%) showing only in a *single* > workload so far and relevant only for a *very* *small* number of linu

Re: [PATCH] Expand CPU compiler options

2012-12-09 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 04:08:55AM -0800, John wrote: > While I agree that the differences as small - on the order of > ms - they are not insignificant nor are they in the noise of the > measurements. Oh, maybe I wasn't clear - I wasn't talking about statistical significance but rather about pract

Re: [PATCH] Expand CPU compiler options

2012-12-09 Thread John
> Let's see, if I'm reading the log file correctly, the average values of > each test run differ by ~ 0.1 seconds tops. > > For example, i7-3770K generic build gives on average 69.41404 while > the more optimized version 69.33554. The diff between the two is even > less than 0.1 second. The other

Re: [PATCH] Expand CPU compiler options

2012-12-09 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Sat, Dec 08, 2012 at 04:13:59AM -0800, John wrote: > I tested the attached patch written by André Ramnitz using three > different machines running a generic x86-64 kernel and an otherwise > identical kernel running with the optimized gcc options.  > > Conclusion: There are small but real speed i

[PATCH] Expand CPU compiler options

2012-12-08 Thread John
Please cc me on replies as I am not a regular subscriber to lkml.  Thank you. I tested the attached patch written by André Ramnitz using three different machines running a generic x86-64 kernel and an otherwise identical kernel running with the optimized gcc options.  Conclusion: There are sm