GCC 3.3 compile speed regression - AN ANSWER

[Alan Modra]

On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 11:31:15PM +0000, Neil Booth wrote:
> Joel Sherrill wrote:-
> 
> > Has anyone looked at how much the binutils contribute to the end to
> > end performance question?  gas is involved in every compile and ld is
> > involved in every program link.  I just don't recall it every being
> > mentioned.
> 
> Oohhh.  Is this a serious attempt at passing the buck?  8-)
> 
> (No, this post isn't serious and doesn't really merit a response).

Heh.  In certain cases, ld indeed spends considerable time attempting to
merge strings.  See http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/2003-01/msg01403.html

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Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre