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Re: [patch] MIPS/gcc: Revert removal of DImode shifts for 32-bit targets
On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 01:27:03PM -0700, Richard Henderson wrote:
> > Sometimes putting these eight (or nine for ashrdi3) instructions
> > inline would be a performance win.
>
> Sometimes, maybe. I suspect you'll find that in general it's
> nothing but bloat.
With a bit of hand waiving because haven't done benchmarks I guess Richard
might be right. The subroutine calling overhead on modern processors is
rather low and smaller code means better cache hit rates ...
Ralf