linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 1/5] scripts: Add sortextable to sort the kernel's exception table.

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Date:	Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:28:33 +0000
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...nel.org>
Cc:	David Daney <ddaney.cavm@...il.com>, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	ralf@...ux-mips.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, David Daney <david.daney@...ium.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/5] scripts: Add sortextable to sort the kernel's
 exception table.

On Sun, 2011-11-20 at 15:26 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> If we're going to do this at build time, I would suggest using a
> collisionless hash instead.  The lookup time for those are O(1), but
> they definitely need to be done at build time. 

Is the lookup time really an issue?

-- 
dwmw2

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