Re: [PATCH] Make gcc -align options .config-settable

[Bill Davidsen]

Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> Resend.
>
> With all alignment options set to 1 (minimum alignment),
> I've got 5% smaller vmlinux compared to one built with
> default code alignment.

It would be interesting to know if this is better WRT cache usage than 
alignment which ensures that loops fit within the minimum number of 
cache lines. That's not quite the same thing as starting on a cache line 
in all cases.

This may be of interest to embedded builds.

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