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Gzip and CFLAGS

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From: Tom Smith <gnuacc2016 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gzip <at> gnu.org
Subject: Gzip and CFLAGS
Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 21:15:15 -0400

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Hello there,


            After having compiled gzip, I had looked at the Makefile
“./configure” generated.

            Looking at CFLAGS=”” (system configuration section), not many
compiler flags are specified for optimization.

            The “Specific Targets” section sets different flags for
different systems, which are set accordingly.

            Currently, I am looking at “CFLAGS= -O”.


            I noticed that some optimization flags were not set (curious as
to why):

-         -march=native (pentium3, athlon64, etc) (produces code for the
specific architecture specified)

-         -O2 (recommended level to use to increase code performance )

-         -pipe (makes compilation process faster)

-         -fomit-frame-pointer (reduces generated code size)


Also, I found this article
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gzip/2013-02/msg00000.html and it
mentions setting –O2 and encountering an issue (it has since been fixed).

After running some tests after I recompiled (Linux), sometimes I noticed it
to be a little bit faster (at times) on x86_64.

Note: There are many different conditions that cause the numbers to
fluctuate, such as: # of processes running, ram usage, CPU power etc.




Thank You

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Message #10 received at 23474-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Tom Smith <gnuacc2016 <at> gmail.com>, 23474-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23474: Gzip and CFLAGS
Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 19:52:26 -0700

Tom Smith wrote:

>             Currently, I am looking at “CFLAGS= -O”.

You don't mention which gzip version. If you haven't already, please try the
current version, gzip 1.8. Its 'configure' script should default to -O2
optimization for GCC, and to no optimization for other compilers. To some extent
this is arbitrary. Tweaking this further is up to you. For example,
-march=native is better for some usages but not for others, which is why it is
not the default.

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