On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 07:13:55PM -0400, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
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>>
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/fno-omit-frame-pointer
>> [...]
>> === Unwinding ===
>> [...]
>> * Kernel 4.8 frame pointer benchmarks by Suse showed 5%-10%
>> regressions in some benchmarks
>> (
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20170602104048.jkkzssljsompjdwy@suse.de/T/#u)
>
> Regressions of such magnitude can veto such changes, especially when
> they hit everyone, not just those who are highly dependent on the
> profiling tools the proposal is concerned about.
I can only concur. Say what you want about Phoronix benchmark, but
they consistently benchmark different distributions And Fedora
consistently is lagging behind. Latest article is at
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=h1-2022-linux
Slowing Fedora even further is really undesirable.
What would it take to make Fedora faster?
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Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)