linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/vdso: shrink vdso/extable.i via IWYU

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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2023 22:25:11 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Tanzir Hasan <tanzirh@...gle.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Nick Desaulniers <nnn@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/vdso: shrink vdso/extable.i via IWYU

On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 08:56:35PM +0000, Tanzir Hasan wrote:
> This diff uses an open source tool include-what-you-use (IWYU) to modify
> the include list, changing indirect includes to direct includes. IWYU is
> implemented using the IWYUScripts github repository which is a tool that
> is currently undergoing development. These changes seek to improve build
> times.
> 
> This change to vdso/extable.c resulted in a preprocessed size of
> vdso/extable.i from 64332 lines to 45377 lines (-27%) for the x86
> defconfig.

Maybe I'm missing something but this sounds like the build-time
"improvement" is so minute that you have to look at preprocessed sizes.

Do you have any, more "noticeable" numbers to justify this churn?

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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