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Re: [PATCH] Shrink .debug_loc section by ~ 9%


On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 09:28:02PM +0200, Jakub Jelinek wrote:
>This patch shrinks cc1plus (both i686-linux and x86_64) .debug_loc
>section by roughly 9%, by sharing identical lists (if two or more DIEs
>have the same .debug_loc list, they can just use the same one instead
>of outputting the exact same bits twice.

Have you done any timing tests on this?  I'm curious whether this has any
noticeable effect on link times.

cgf


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