GNU bug report logs - #46881
28.0.50; pdumper dumping causes way too many syscalls

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Message #71 received at 46881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 46881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, pipcet <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#46881: 28.0.50; pdumper dumping causes way too many syscalls
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2021 15:23:55 +0200

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>,  46881 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu
> Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2021 13:49:42 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > 30% slowdown and 1.5 sec absolute time difference doesn't sound bad
> > enough to me to justify a homemade solution.  I say let's go with
> > stdio.
> 
> Seems significant to me -- we're building Emacs a lot, and this bit
> can't be parallelised.  And the savings in electricity alone should make
> us go for the most efficient solution.
> 
> There doesn't seem to be any significant drawbacks to doing it the
> efficient way, either.

<Shrug> Fine, let's do it that way, then.

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