[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <CAKAk8dZ3xgVoWCaJY0_Oz1TLKpGZq4xeGD-HgQHP+_0AAA21Lg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:42:38 +0200
From: boris brezillon <b.brezillon.musl@...il.com>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: ldso : dladdr support
2012/8/24 Rich Felker <dalias@...ifal.cx>:
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 09:29:29AM +0200, musl wrote:
>> I tested it and it works well.
>
> Is there anything I changed that you think might be better done a
> different way?
No, but I'm not an expert in size/speed code optimization.
>
>> My tests are based on small libs (with a small set of shared symbols).
>> I mixed libs with gnu hash and sysv hash.
>> Tried to resolve symbols via dlsym.
>>
>> Have you tested it on big libraries ?
>
> No, just very minimal testing.
>
>> Do you want me to do some specific tests ?
>
> Actually, the main thing I'm interested in is whether the bloom filter
> is ever beneficial. I took it out trying to streamline the code and
> shaved about 8% off the lookup time for symbols in the main program,
> but I didn't investigate how the change affects symbols not found in
> the first file searched. Would you be interested in running some tests
> to determine if it might be useful to try adding it back?
I'll do some tests with multiple levels of big libraries : prog ->
libtest -> libc -> libb -> liba ...
How do you get your perf results (specific tools, time measurement
inside libc code, time measurement in main program, ...)?
>
> Since it seems to be working/non-broken right now, I'll probably go
> ahead and commit soon unless you find a major problem I've overlooked.
> Then we can work on improving it once it's in the repo.
I agree.
>
> Rich
Powered by blists - more mailing lists
Confused about mailing lists and their use?
Read about mailing lists on Wikipedia
and check out these
guidelines on proper formatting of your messages.
