On 15 August 2012 05:36, Michael Hope <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Matt.  I've fleshed out the Etherpad for the PGO and LTO session at:
>  http://pad.linaro.org/GzRj35tXFt

I've expanded it a bit further.

> It's a topic list that needs some specifics.  Could you make sure we
> have basic answers to any correctness or performance questions?

'We are as correct as upstream - I found 101 PRs which are in the
LTO/gcov-profile components.  There are others.

The performance of PGO on 'a popular embedded benchmark' is 14%
improvement, LTO is 7%.  Don't know both together, or SPEC.

> Ramana, could you add the specifics from the performance call?  I
> can't seem to find the right meeting in the logs.

Ramana and I had a discussion this afternoon - I think my strawman
proposal for a blueprint for the next 3-6 months. goes something like
the following:

 * Get Hot/Cold partitioning working
 * Pick a benchmark/application and ensure PGO/LTO works for it
 * Then look at how the performance changes, and find the changes
 * I-I into the next app to look at, and what needs doing.

Candidates for the benchmark/application:
 * Spec
 * Firefox
 * Linux Kernel
 * OpenOffice/LibreOffice

SPEC is because Ramana's current Hot/Cold partitioning breaks it.
Firefox, Linux, and OOo all have bugs raised against them in the GCC
BugZilla - indicating people are interested in them.  But a discussion
at the session at what others would be interested in would be good.

Do we need a slide as Kiko suggested or will the EtherPad be good enough?

I plan to be lurking at the VC session into Android later on today so
we can have a side discussion then if you want.

Thanks,

Matt

-- 
Matthew Gretton-Dann
Linaro Toolchain Working Group
[email protected]

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