linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: Fix performance regression on modules with large symbol tables

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Date:	Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:00:27 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>,
	Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: Fix performance regression on modules with large symbol tables

On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:54:09 -0700, "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@...e.com> wrote:
> >>> On 07.11.11 at 20:58, Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@...il.com> wrote:
> > We will also want to check the strmap bits, since it's possible that
> > "cba_" was a core symbol but "edcba_" is not.  In which case we did not
> > allocate room for the "ed" part, back in layout_symtab().
> 
> Why would you want to keep the leading part if it's not part of a
> core symbol's name?

Indeed, sorry, I didn't read this part.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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