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Re: Small ld.elf_so speed up



On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 23:25:13 +0200
Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> wrote:

> Your test case isn't really reflecting real world usage as it is
> blowing away the branch caches. It looks quite different in terms of
> performance when you use a tight loop of few functions. The size
> difference is not really a surprise as direct linkage has to export
> the names etc.

OK I see. With 20 functions in a tight loop, direct linkage is about
23% faster on my machine.


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