Try -mtune=generic
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- C
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Description
See #2674. We should see if this produces faster code in some cases.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with issue #2674 and the project's compiler and build configuration; no specific source file or test is named here. Compare builds with and without -mtune=generic across relevant workloads, and consider the issue done only if the benchmark results show a clear benefit.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- compilers, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100