linux 2.1.117 built with egcs-1.1 19980823

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message < 199808250415.VAA30418@dm.cobaltmicro.com >you write:
  >    Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 22:07:49 -0600
  >    From: Jeffrey A Law <law@hurl.cygnus.com>
  > 
  >    It would probably be to our advantage if you could select one of
  >    the datapoints from the bloat-o-meter chart and analyze it.  Even
  >    superficial like "more spills than before" would be worth knowing.
  > 
  > Finding this wouldn't surprise me as in other areas the Haifa
  > scheduler has been shown to extend register lifetimes unduly.
But the scheduler is not run before allocation on the x86, so it should
not be an issue.  See i386.c::optimization_options.

I'd put my money on loop changes increasing register pressure.


jeff