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Date:	Fri, 10 Apr 2015 14:36:29 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	mmarek@...e.cz, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	hubicka@....cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lto: Add __noreorder and mark initcalls __noreorder

On Thu, 9 Apr 2015 01:50:23 +0200 Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:

> > Head is spinning a bit.  As this all appears to be shiny new
> > added-by-andi gcc functionality, it would be useful if we could have a
> > few more words describing what it's all about.  Reordering of what with
> > respect to what and why and why is it bad.  Why is gcc reordering
> > things anyway, and what's the downside of preventing this.  Why is the
> > compiler reordering things rather than the linker. etc etc etc.
> 
> Ok, let me try.

That was super-useful, thanks.  I slurped it into the changelog -
maybe one day it will provide material for Documentation/lto-stuff.txt.

Big picture: do you have a feeling for how much benefit LTO will yield
in the kernel, if/when it's all completed?

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