[PATCH] powerpc: Convert out of line __arch_hweight to inline
Patch attempts to improve the performace of __arch_hweight functions by making them inline instead of current out of line implementation. Testcase is to disable/enable SMT on a large (192 thread) POWER7 lpar. Program used for SMT disable/enable is ppc64_cpu with --smt=[off/on] option. Here are
Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Convert out of line __arch_hweight to inline
obj-$(CONFIG_PPC64) += copypage_64.o copyuser_64.o \ memcpy_64.o usercopy_64.o mem_64.o string.o \ -checksum_wrappers_64.o hweight_64.o \ +checksum_wrappers_64.o \ copyuser_power7.o