linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 09/16] objtool: Optimize find_symbol_*() and read

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Date:   Sun, 15 Mar 2020 10:48:19 -0500
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 09/16] objtool: Optimize find_symbol_*() and
 read_symbols()

On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 02:41:16PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> All of:
> 
>   read_symbols(), find_symbol_by_offset(), find_symbol_containing(),
>   find_containing_func()
> 
> do a linear search of the symbols. Add an RB tree to make it go
> faster.
> 
> This about halves objtool runtime on vmlinux.o, from 34s to 18s.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>

This one also doesn't apply on latest tip.

I assume we also need to optimize the new find_func_by_offset().

-- 
Josh