Re: [PATCH] x86/asm/entry/64: change interrupt entry macro to function

[Ingo Molnar]

* Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The macro is largish, and we have 24 instances of it.
> 
> By moving almost its entire body into a function,
> 1500..3000 bytes are saved (depending on .config):
> 
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   12546	      0	      0	  12546	   3102	entry_64.o.before
>    9394	      0	      0	   9394	   24b2	entry_64.o
> 
> Run-tested.

Please list costs and benefits in the changelog. (i.e. increased cache 
locality vs. extra instruction[s] executed.)

Thanks,

	Ingo
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