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Re: [MiNT] ELF object linking

Am 26.02.2014 um 21:46 schrieb Eero Tamminen <oak@helsinkinet.fi>:
>> 
>> Nope, this helps removing dead code only.
> 
> Couldn't that in some cases improve instruction
> cache utilization?
> 
There might be rare cases where cache line fill bursts triggered by real code cache misses hit dead code, thus wasting cache space.

I'd assume the performace gains will be rather theoretical and not noticeable.