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> this is the main problem why i cant see how we could do the btfixup
> thing into x86 without losing these optimizations. (and the compiler
> merges such constant addresses with structure offsets, which makes a
> theoretical immediate value linker even harder) but maybe it already
> exists?
Question is how much performance do we lose this way and
is it worth it or not? I remember people shouting over
the transition to ELF because it cost 5% performance.
This particular piece of flexibilization probably costs
FAR less than that (maybe it's even neglectable) and can
save us (and the poor folks with a 1G+ box) quite a bit
of headaches and grey hairs...
Apart from the technical stories: would it be worth it?
regards,
Rik -- the flu hits, the flu hits, the flu hits -- MORE
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