Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 01:20:52 +0100 From: "Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <corecode@corecode.ath.cx> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: bright@mu.org, silby@silby.com, bde@zeta.org.au, mime@traveller.cz, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, greg@bogslab.ucdavis.edu Subject: Re: stack alignment issues Message-ID: <20020206012052.4b1ee3d2.corecode@corecode.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <3C5F1AEB.2946887D@mindspring.com> References: <20020205043744.G23848-100000@gamplex.bde.org> <20020204120547.B2144-100000@patrocles.silby.com> <20020204101118.A12744@elvis.mu.org> <3C5F1AEB.2946887D@mindspring.com>
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--=.4Y62Wvn88vLK9z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 04 Feb 2002 15:36:11 -0800 Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> wrote: > Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > Well, if Linux aligns the initial stack, the chance that gcc will > > > have auto-alignment added sounds to be about zero. You might as > > > well go ahead with your patch when you get a chance. > > > > I agree, either way we should try to optimized the current > > situation, especially if it seems to give a 2x perf boost! > > How about "aligning the initial stack"? i think this is a good idea (besides trying to optimize gcc). and it shouldn't be too hard to accomplish this (i don't know the code for rtld, but it really shouldn't be too hard to do this) unfortunately i don't have time ATM otherwise i'd look into this cheerz corecode -- /"\ http://corecode.ath.cx/ \ / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign / \ Against HTML Mail and News --=.4Y62Wvn88vLK9z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE8YHbtr5S+dk6z85oRAsN+AKCx12SVJlp8Pew4o2Gv+sN9oohSUACgo+M1 3YdvNP6yAnBYq9IV7HgJm5E= =H70j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=.4Y62Wvn88vLK9z-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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