From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jiri Slaby Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/specialix.c: stop inlining largish static functions Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:38:11 +0200 Message-ID: <47FBE5C3.1040105@gmail.com> References: <200804081244.53894.vda.linux@googlemail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.128.187]:64004 "EHLO fk-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752091AbYDHViS (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Apr 2008 17:38:18 -0400 Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id 19so2893859fkr.5 for ; Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:38:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200804081244.53894.vda.linux@googlemail.com> Sender: linux-serial-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org To: Denys Vlasenko Cc: Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, R.E.Wolff@bitwizard.nl On 04/08/2008 12:44 PM, Denys Vlasenko wrote: > Hi Alan, > > drivers/char/specialix.c has unusually large number > of static inline functions - 22. > > I looked through them. The file is positively inline-happy. > Inlines with udelay() calls. Inlines with complex loops. > Nested inlines. Rarely called inlines (e.g. with request_region > inside). > > This patch removes "inline" from 15 static functions > (regardless of number of callsites - gcc nowadays auto-inlines > statics with one callsite). > > Size difference for 32bit x86: > text data bss dec hex filename > 21669 204 8780 30653 77bd linux-2.6-ALLYES/drivers/char/specialix.o > 18470 204 8780 27454 6b3e linux-2.6.inline-ALLYES/drivers/char/specialix.o > > > Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko - static const char *badmagic = + static const char badmagic[] = KERN_ERR "sx: Warning: bad specialix port magic number for device %s in %s\n"; - static const char *badinfo = + static const char badinfo[] = KERN_ERR "sx: Warning: null specialix port for device %s in %s\n"; BTW what's this good for? I mean, why we need this as a variable not directly as a parameter? if (!port) { printk(badinfo, name, routine); return 1; } if (port->magic != SPECIALIX_MAGIC) { printk(badmagic, name, routine); return 1; }