>
> On Maw, 2003-08-12 at 11:57, Thomas David Rivers wrote:
> > Some versions of gcc don't do well with locality-of-reference
> > for functions that reference many "literals." There is a global
> > pool of literals which can be "far away." This approach could
> > easily artificially inflate the working set size.
>
> gprof will generate you call graphs on a binary and a function list
> thats then pretty close to best locality when you relink it
>
On a per-function basis - but not within functions; because
gcc points R13 at the literal pool; which can be quite large
(and different from the code location in sufficiently large
functions.)
- Dave R. -
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