mod_1 tuning

[Niels Möller]

Torbjorn Granlund <tg at gmplib.org> writes:

> nisse at lysator.liu.se (Niels Möller) writes:
>
>   This means that tuned values of MOD_1_1P_METHOD now ought to be included
>   in gmp-mparam.h, otherwise other MOD_1* values will be suboptimal. And
>   hence, the new method 2 is going to be enabled on several machines.
>   
> OK.  The default is still 1?

Yes.

>   #define __gmpn_mod_1  mpn_mod_1_tune
>   
> I don't recall.  Isn't it to allow for multiple version of the code to
> be compiled into the same binary, which demands for some renaming?

Clearly, it's needed if for some reason one wants some function in
tuneup to directly or indirectly call the non-instrumented version of
mpn_mod_1. Question is, what that reason may be (I haven't tried very
hard to figure it out, maybe there's some obvious call in tuneup.c).

/nisse
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