linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc: Switch to generic WARN_ON()/BUG

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Date:	Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:23:39 +1000
From:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
To:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	lethal@...ux-sh.org, kyle@...isc-linux.org,
	grundler@...isc-linux.org, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc: Switch to generic WARN_ON()/BUG_ON()

Olof Johansson writes:

> Not using the ppc-specific WARN_ON/BUG_ON constructs actually saves about
> 4K text on a ppc64_defconfig. The main reason seems to be that prepping
> the arguments to the conditional trap instructions is more work than
> just doing a compare and branch.

It might be more instructions but it takes fewer cycles, I would
expect.  Do you have the actual instruction sequences to compare?

Paul.
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