Re: [PATCH] mm/pg-r4k.c: Dump the generated code

[Franck Bui-Huu <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com>]

Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> Could you check what "-march=mips32r2 -smartmips -mtune=4ksd" does?
> I expect it to have the same result than "-march=4ksd".
> 

OK, I give it a try and here are some figures:

$ mipsel-linux-size mipssde-6.05.00-20061023/vmlinux~*
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
1446130   58456   93056 1597642  1860ca mipssde-6.05.00-20061023/vmlinux~4ksd
1472034   58456   93056 1623546  18c5fa 
mipssde-6.05.00-20061023/vmlinux~mips32r2-smartmips
1446130   58456   93056 1597642  1860ca 
mipssde-6.05.00-20061023/vmlinux~mips32r2-smartmips-mtune4ksd

So you're right "-march=mips32r2 -smartmips -mtune=4ksd" gives the
same result as "-march=4ksd"

And the extra space given by "-march=mips32r2 -smartmips" is coming
from some additional nop instructions:

$ mipsel-linux-objdump -D vmlinux~mips32r2-smartmips > 
vmlinux~mips32r2-smartmips.S
$ mipsel-linux-objdump -D vmlinux~4ksd > vmlinux~4ksd.S
$ grep -c nop *.S
vmlinux~4ksd.S:18708
vmlinux~mips32r2-smartmips.S:27895

It seems that these extra nops are used for load delays. For example:

vmlinux~4ksd.S:
--------------
<snip>
c00008b4:      8fa40040        lw      a0,64(sp)
c00008b8:      27a40018        addiu   a0,sp,24
c00008bc:      0c000148        jal     c0000520 <try_name>
<snip>

vmlinux~mips32r2-smartmips.S:
---------------------------
c00008b8:      8fa40040        lw      a0,64(sp)
c00008bc:      00000000        nop
c00008c0:      27a40018        addiu   a0,sp,24
c00008c4:      0c000148        jal     c0000520 <try_name>

                Franck