Re: [RFT][patch 17/18] sched: use jump labels to reduce overheadwhen bandwidth control is inactive

[Richard Henderson]

On 08/05/2011 01:30 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> OK, so _WHY_ does that make a difference and will a next version of
> gnu-binutils not mess that up?

The Why is micro-architectual, and I can't answer that.

But ld will never re-order the files as given on the command-line.
There are too many functions and tables that are constructed 
piece-wise from input sections; re-ordering them would change
the semantics of the program.


r~
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