Re: Reordering of functions

=?ISO-8859-15?Q?Jan_Vorbr=FCggen?= <Jan.Vorbrueggen@thomson.net>
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:39:05 +0100

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From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Jan_Vorbr=FCggen?= <Jan.Vorbrueggen@thomson.net>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:39:05 +0100
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References: 08-02-051 08-02-052 08-02-062
Keywords: optimize, architecture
Posted-Date: 25 Feb 2008 09:57:40 EST

Didn't see the original reply, but...:
>> In fact, most compiler/frameworks support function-inlining which
>> may lead to even bigger functions, which again may lead to a cache
>> being to small to hold more than just one function, in such cases
>> such a reordering does not make much sense.


But remember that most current processors have more than one level of
cache. I doubt there are many, if any, functions in existence that would
exceed the capacity of, say, the Montecito L3 cache (16 MB or so).


Jan



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