In s_start(), if we're at the beginning of printing out /proc/slabinfo, we print out a header with version info and descriptions of the fields. This is indented and takes up a lot of space in an otherwise tiny fuction. Create a helper, print_slabinfo_header(), that s_start() can call to print out it's header. Remove several long lines, and make both functions more readable. Signed-off-by: Matthew Dobson Index: linux-2.6.14+slab_cleanup/mm/slab.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.14+slab_cleanup.orig/mm/slab.c 2005-11-10 11:43:40.223347016 -0800 +++ linux-2.6.14+slab_cleanup/mm/slab.c 2005-11-10 11:43:42.198046816 -0800 @@ -3378,32 +3378,37 @@ next: #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS -static void *s_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos) +static inline void print_slabinfo_header(struct seq_file *m) { - loff_t n = *pos; - struct list_head *p; - - down(&cache_chain_sem); - if (!n) { - /* - * Output format version, so at least we can change it - * without _too_ many complaints. - */ + /* + * Output format version, so at least we can change it + * without _too_ many complaints. + */ #if STATS - seq_puts(m, "slabinfo - version: 2.1 (statistics)\n"); + seq_puts(m, "slabinfo - version: 2.1 (statistics)\n"); #else - seq_puts(m, "slabinfo - version: 2.1\n"); + seq_puts(m, "slabinfo - version: 2.1\n"); #endif - seq_puts(m, "# name "); - seq_puts(m, " : tunables "); - seq_puts(m, " : slabdata "); + seq_puts(m, "# name " + " "); + seq_puts(m, " : tunables "); + seq_puts(m, " : slabdata "); #if STATS - seq_puts(m, " : globalstat " - " "); - seq_puts(m, " : cpustat "); + seq_puts(m, " : globalstat " + " "); + seq_puts(m, " : cpustat "); #endif - seq_putc(m, '\n'); - } + seq_putc(m, '\n'); +} + +static void *s_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos) +{ + loff_t n = *pos; + struct list_head *p; + + down(&cache_chain_sem); + if (!n) + print_slabinfo_header(m); p = cache_chain.next; while (n--) { p = p->next;