Re: [RFC] lib/vsprintf.c: Even faster decimal conversion

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Tue Mar 10 2015 - 08:42:28 EST


Hello,

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 11:47:47AM +0100, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> I can't explain why num_to_str apparently becomes slightly slower (the
> patch essentially didn't touch it), but the put_dec_ helpers in any case
> make up for that.

Unrelated code changes affecting performance in seemingly random way
isn't too uncommon. A lot of it arises from cacheline behaviors. The
effect is sometimes surprisingly big.

Generally looks pretty good to me. Andrew, can you please pick this
patch up?

Thanks.

--
tejun
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