Re: Small ld.elf_so speed up

[Sad Clouds <cryintothebluesky%googlemail.com@localhost>]

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.